Spatial variation of seismicity parameters across India and adjoining areas

Natural Hazards

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1365-1379

  Kolathayar, Sreevalsa ^a   Sitharam, T G ^a   Vipin, K S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

b Value; Earthquake catalog; India; Moment magnitude; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84855342973     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9898-1     Document Type: Article

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