Site response study in the eastern part of Guwahati City (Assam) using ambient seismic noise analysis

Indian Minerals

Volumn 62, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Singh, O P ^a   Chowdhuri, S N ^a   Gaonkar, S G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Ambient seismic noise; Microzonation; Site amplification factor; Spectral ratio

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE; AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION; FUNDAMENTAL RESONANT FREQUENCIES; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; MICROZONATION; PEAK FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE RESPONSE; SPECTRAL RATIOS; STUDY AREAS; SURVEY AREA; SURVEY METHODS; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE POLLUTION; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS;

AMPLIFICATION;

AMBIENT NOISE; AMPLIFICATION; BUILDING CODE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SITE EFFECT; SITE INVESTIGATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ASSAM; GAUHATI; INDIA;

EID: 77951771166     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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