Ground motion parameters of Shillong plateau: One of the most seismically active zones of northeastern India

Earthquake Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-291

  Baruah, Saurabh ^a   Baruah, Santanu ^a   Gogoi, Naba Kumar ^b   Erteleva, Olga ^c   Aptikaev, Felix ^c   Kayal, J R ^d  

^a CSIR NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^d JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Duration magnitude; Ground motion parameter; Northeastern India; Shillong plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749142244     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-009-0285-2     Document Type: Article

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