Reassessing the earthquake hazard in Kerala based on the historical and current seismicity

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 785-802

  Rajendran, C P ^a,d   John, Biju ^b,e   Sreekumari, K ^c   Rajendran, Kusala ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ROCK MECHANICS   (India)

^c KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Central Kerala; Earthquakes; Seismic hazard; Stable continental interiors

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DATABASE; FAULTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROTREMOR; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650930705     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-009-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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