Probabilities for the occurrences of medium to large earthquakes in northeast India and adjoining region

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-167

  Yadav, R B S ^a,b   Tripathi, J N ^c   Shanker, D ^d   Rastogi, B K ^a   Das, M C ^e   Kumar, Vikas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^e Shiv Vani Oil and Gas Exploration Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake probability; Extreme value theory; Return periods; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; PROBABILITY; RETURN PERIOD; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

YOMA;

EID: 79251603376     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9557-y     Document Type: Article

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