Time-predictable model applicability for earthquake occurrence in northeast India and vicinity

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 993-1002

  Panthi, A ^a   Shanker, D ^b   Singh, H N ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Paudyal, H ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

INDIA;

EID: 79953166071     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-993-2011     Document Type: Article

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