3-D seismic structure of the Kachchh, Gujarat, and its implications for the earthquake hazard mitigation

Natural Hazards

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-105

  Singh, A P ^a   Mishra, O P ^b,c   Rastogi, B K ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c SAARC Disaster Management Centre   (India)

^d KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Earthquake hazard; Permeation; Sea water; Seismic tomography; The 2001 Bhuj earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE 2001; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEAWATER; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARABIAN SEA; GUJARAT; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUTCH;

EID: 79955522500     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9707-2     Document Type: Article

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