A Probabilistic Assessment of Earthquake Hazard Parameters in NW Himalaya and the Adjoining Regions

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1619-1639

  Yadav, R B S ^a   Bayrak, Yusuf ^b   Tripathi, J N ^c   Chopra, S ^d   Singh, A P ^e   Bayrak, Erdem ^b  

^a INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^d MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

^e Institute of Seismological Research (ISR)   (India)

Author keywords

Kijko Sellevoll method; NW Himalaya; Probabilistic earthquake hazard; recurrence rate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PROBABILITIES; CAUCASUS; EARTHQUAKE DATA; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; FOCAL MECHANISM; HIMALAYAS; KIJKO-SELLEVOLL METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION METHOD; PAKISTAN; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; RECURRENCE RATE; RETURN PERIODS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMICITY PARAMETERS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THRUST BELTS;

HAZARDS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; THRESHOLD;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84865767438     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0434-8     Document Type: Article

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