Moment magnitude - local magnitude relationship for the earthquakes of the Shillong-Mikir plateau, Northeastern India Region: a new perspective

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-375

  Baruah, Santanu ^a   Baruah, Saurabh ^a   Kalita, Aditya ^a   Biswas, Rajib ^a   Gogoi, N ^b   Gautam, J L ^c   Sanoujam, M ^d   Kayal, J R ^e  

^a Geoscience Division   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^d MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FOCAL MECHANISM; LOCAL MAGNITUDE; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; MOMENT TENSORS; NORTHEASTERN INDIA; ORTHOGONAL REGRESSION; SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; WAVE NUMBERS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84867964940     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2011.596577     Document Type: Article

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