Homogenization of earthquake catalog for northeast india and adjoining region

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 725-731

  Das, Ranjit ^a   Wason, H R ^a   Sharma, M L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Catalog; Homogenization; Moment magnitude; Northeast india; Orthogonal regression

Indexed keywords

CATALOG; HOMOGENIZATION; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; NORTHEAST INDIA; ORTHOGONAL REGRESSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD;

INDIA;

EID: 84859573297     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0339-6     Document Type: Article

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