Seismological constraints for the 1905 Kangra earthquake and associated hazard in northwest India

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1549-1559

  Srivastava, H N ^a   Verma, Mithila ^b   Bansal, B K ^b  

^a Ministry of Earth Sciences ^*  (India)

^b MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hazards; Kangra earthquake; Secondary meizoseismal area; Seismological constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650509479     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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