Earthquake Hazard and Large Dams in the HimalayaVinod Kumar Gaur |
Contents
An Overview of Seismicity of Himalaya | 35 |
Earthquake Hazard in the Himalaya | 63 |
Empirical Prediction of Nearsource Ground Motion | 93 |
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84th percentile accelerogram Assam assessment attenuation Barazangi basement behaviour belt Bhagirathi River canyon collision zone continental collision crustal deformation Dehradun Delhi depth design ground motions developed displacement Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Hazard effects embankment dams EPGA estimates of ground evaluation fault plane frequency Ganga Gaur Geol Geophys Himalaya Himalayan arc Idriss Indian plate Kangra Khattri Kumaun Large Dams Lesser Himalaya magnitude Main Boundary Thrust Main Central Thrust material Molnar movements neotectonic occur parameters peak acceleration peak ground acceleration peak horizontal acceleration period plate boundary potential recorded region RESPONSE SPECTRA rock Roorkee rupture zone safety sediments segments seismic gaps seismic hazard seismic response seismogenic seismological shaking Shillong Shillong massif shown in Figure Siwalik southward Spectral Acceleration spectrum Srinagar strain stress strong ground motion strong motion subduction tectonic Tehri Dam THDC thrust faults transverse underthrusting uplift Valdiya valley