Earthquake Hazard Assessment for Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, Including a Characteristic Earthquake Recurrence Model for the Himalaya Frontal Fault (HFF)

• Published in: Pure and applied geophysics Vol. 169; no. 9; pp. 1601 - 1617
• Main Authors: Sharma, M. L., Lindholm, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 01.09.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Boundaries; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes; Earthquakes, seismology; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Faults; Geophysics; Geophysics/Geodesy; Hazards; Himalayas; Internal geophysics; Natural hazards: prediction, damages, etc; Seismic activity; Seismic engineering; Seismic hazard; Seismic phenomena; Thrust; Main Boundary Thrust; Asia; Himalayas; India; Himalaya Mountains; seismic hazard; Himalayan frontal fault; PSHA; Himalayas; Dehradun; models; earthquakes; faults

The seismic hazard has been computed for the city of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. The city lies in the Himalayan foothills between two faults: the Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) and the Himalayan Frontal Fault (HFF). The contributions from these two faults have been modelled differently in a probabilis...