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25 Sep 2014
Research article |
| 25 Sep 2014
Earthquake scenario in West Bengal with emphasis on seismic hazard microzonation of the city of Kolkata, India
S. K. Nath
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
M. D. Adhikari
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
S. K. Maiti
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
N. Devaraj
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
N. Srivastava
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
L. D. Mohapatra
Aimil Ltd., New Delhi, India
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