Earthquake hazard in Northeast India - A seismic microzonation approach with typical case studies from Sikkim Himalaya and Guwahati city

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 809-831

  Nath, Sankar Kumar ^a   Thingbaijam, Kiran Kumar Singh ^a   Raj, Abhishek ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Guwahati city; Maximum earthquake; Seismic microzonation; Sikkim Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HILL; PEAK ACCELERATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC ZONE; TERRAIN; WAVE VELOCITY; ZONATION;

ASIA; ASSAM; EURASIA; GAUHATI; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NORTHEAST ASIA; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 68949129440     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0070-6     Document Type: Article

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