Deterministic seismic scenarios for North East India

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-167

  Raghu Kanth, S T G ^a   Dash, Sujit Kumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Northeast India; PGA; Response spectra; Stochastic finite fault model; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STOCHASTICITY; STRONG MOTION;

INDIA;

EID: 77952888789     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9158-y     Document Type: Article

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