Microzonation study from ambient noise measurement for assessing site effects in krishnagar area and its significance with the damage pattern of Ms = 4.3 24 september 1996 earthquake

Indian Minerals

Volumn 62, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 183-192

  Chowdhuri, S N ^a   Singh, O P ^a   Mishra, O P ^a   Kayal, J R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Earthquake; Microzonation; Resonance frequency; Sedimentary thickness; Tremor resistant structure

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENTS; AMBIENT NOISE SPECTRA; COVER LAYERS; DAMAGE PATTERNS; FREQUENCY CORRELATION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND MOTION MODEL; MEASURING STATIONS; MEDIUM SIZE; MICROZONATION; NONLINEAR REGRESSION TECHNIQUE; PEAK FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECTS; SOFT SEDIMENTS; SOIL AMPLIFICATION; VERTICAL COMPONENT; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

AMPLIFICATION; EARTHQUAKES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

AMBIENT NOISE; DAMPING; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; NONLINEARITY; QUATERNARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SOFT SOIL; TERTIARY;

INDIA; NADIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 77951787433     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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