Site effect assessment and vulnerability analysis using multi-geophysical methods for Kangra city, NW Himalaya, India

P Kumar, AK Mahajan, M Sharma - Journal of Earth System Science, 2023 - Springer
Even after a century, the site-specific seismic parameters are unidentified for seismically
vulnerable Kangra city, which has witnessed a disastrous effect from the 4th April 1905 …

Assessment of seismic site conditions: a case study from Guwahati city, Northeast India

SK Nath, KKS Thingbaijam - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The 1897 Great Shillong earthquake revealed considerable seismic susceptibility in
Guwahati City, such as soil liquefaction, landslides, and surface fissures. In an attempt to …

Influence of local site effects in the Ahmedabad mega city on the damage due to past earthquakes in northwestern India

B Sairam, AP Singh, V Patel… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The city of Ahmedabad of Gujarat in western India suffered severe damage during the 2001
M w 7.7 Bhuj earthquake, despite being∼ 250 km away from the epicenter. Similar damage …

Seismic site characterization using ambient noise and earthquake HVSR in the Easternmost Part of Shillong Plateau, India

A Vijayan, M Agrawal, RK Gupta - Journal of the Geological Society of …, 2022 - Springer
This study provides site characterization results using passive seismic techniques for the
easternmost part of Shillong plateau of Northeastern India. The prime objective of this …

Site characterization and site response studies using shear wave velocity

P Anbazhagan, TG Sitharam - 2008 - sid.ir
The complete microzonation and SITE response studies require the characterization of
subsurface materials considering local subsurface profiles of the SITE or region. The …

Seismic site characterization and site response study of Nirsa (India)

RK Gupta, M Agrawal, SK Pal, MK Das - Natural Hazards, 2021 - Springer
The Nirsa block, a coal mining area, and an industrial town lies in the southern part of
Dhanbad district, at the border between the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal …

Near-surface characterization and delineation of 2-D shear wave velocity profile from geologically complex landscape of Kangra Valley, NW Himalaya, India

AK Mahajan, P Kumar - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the …, 2023 - Springer
The geotechnical characterization for delineating stiffness parameters is important to aid
safe engineering foundations. The Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) was …

Site characterisation in Kangra Valley (NW Himalaya, India) by inversion of H/V spectral ratio from ambient noise measurements and its validation by multichannel …

MA Kumar, P Kumar - Near Surface Geophysics, 2018 - earthdoc.org
The ambient noise measurements were performed at 200 sites in and around the upcoming
urban centre of Kangra Valley to derive the predominant frequency of soil. The shear‐wave …

Site response analysis beneath the Kashmir basin (NW Himalaya) using ambient noise

SV Gupta, IA Parvez, PK Khan - Earthquake Spectra, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Deep sedimentary valleys entrap and amplify seismic waves, which is further responsible for
site-specific amplification over the allied region. Kashmir valley is a deep and active …

Seismic vulnerability assessment of earthquake-prone mega-city Shillong, India using geophysical mapping and remote sensing

S Baruah, GK Boruah, S Sharma… - … and Management of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of seismic vulnerability is a yard-stick of damage estimation from a probable
earthquake considering physical cum social dimension and enables a basis for decision …