An overview on the seismic zonation and microzonation studies in India

MY Walling, WK Mohanty - Earth-Science Reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The present study presents a review on the progressive development of the seismic
zonation map of India both from official agencies and also from independent individual …

[HTML][HTML] Site-specific shear wave velocity investigation for geotechnical engineering applications using seismic refraction and 2D multi-channel analysis of surface …

AME Mohamed, ASAA El Ata, FA Azim… - NRIAG Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
In order to quantify the near-surface seismic properties (P-and S-wave velocities, and the
dynamic elastic properties) with respect to the depth at a specific area (6th of October club) …

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 …

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 …

Probabilistic estimation of earthquake source location and magnitude using inverse analysis of regional paleoliquefaction studies

A Kanth, N Bishoyi, R Kumar - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Liquefaction is one of the most significant and remarkable causes of ground failure in
geotechnical earthquake engineering. The phenomenon mostly occurs in saturated …

Comparing empirical and analytical estimates of earthquake loss assessment studies for the city of Dehradun, India

DH Lang, Y Singh, JSR Prasad - Earthquake Spectra, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Very few earthquake risk studies exist for cities on the Indian subcontinent. The few studies
that do exist typically focus on intensity as the parameter to describe the expected ground …

Seismic microzonation of Indian megacities: a case study of NCR Delhi

KS Rao, GW Rathod - Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2014 - Springer
India's high earthquake risk and vulnerability is evident from the fact that about 59% of
India's land area could face moderate to severe earthquakes. North India and particularly …

NEHRP soil classification and estimation of 1-D site effect of Dehradun fan deposits using shear wave velocity

AK Mahajan - Engineering Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
Shear wave velocity of the near surface soil at nearly 50 sites in the sub Himalayan
mountain exit covering Doon fan deposits, was determined using Multi-channel Analysis of …

Relationship between shear velocity and SPT resistance for sandy soils in the Ganga basin

BK Maheshwari, AK Mahajan, ML Sharma… - International Journal …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The correlation between shear wave velocity V s and standard penetration test resistance N
is investigated in Northwest Himalaya. The study focuses primarily on two sites: Dhanauri …

Regional liquefaction susceptibility mapping in the Himalayas using geospatial data and AHP technique

R Pudi, TR Martha, P Roy, KV Kumar, PR Rao - Current Science, 2019 - JSTOR
Liquefaction susceptibility (LS) assessment is a necessary input for seismic zonation
studies. LS can be done using geospatial models by integration of thematic layers. In this …