Historical earthquakes in Srinagar, Kashmir: Clues from the Shiva Temple at Pandrethan

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 471, Issue , 2010, Pages 107-117

  Bilham, Roger ^a   Bali, Bikram Singh ^b   Bhat, M Ismail ^b   Hough, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY;

HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; MACROSEISMIC; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PHOTOGRAPH;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SRINAGAR [JAMMU AND KASHMIR];

EID: 84875671972     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2471(10)     Document Type: Article

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