Long Period Ground Motion at Bedrock Level in Delhi City from Himalayan Earthquake Scenarios

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 409-477

  Parvez, Imtiyaz A ^a   Romanelli, Fabio ^b   Panza, Giuliano F ^b,c  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake scenario; ground motion; seismic hazard; seismic Input; seismic source

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SCENARIO; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC INPUT; SEISMIC SOURCE;

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TALL BUILDINGS;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

BEDROCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE EFFECT; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 79952700941     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0162-5     Document Type: Article

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