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Estimation of seismic hazard and risks for the Himalayas and surrounding regions based on Unified Scaling Law for Earthquakes

Parvez, Imtiyaz; Nekrasova, Anastasia; Kossobokov, Vladimir - In: Natural Hazards 71 (2014) 1, pp. 549-562

Himalayas and surrounding regions have been studied on the basis of a variable space and time-scale approach. The observed … magnitude during 1900–2012. In result, the seismic hazard map of the Himalayas with spatially distributed PGA was prepared …

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Potential source zones for Himalayan earthquakes: constraints from spatial–temporal clusters

Mukhopadhyay, Basab; Acharyya, Anshuman; Dasgupta, Sujit - In: Natural Hazards 57 (2011) 2, pp. 369-383

of earthquakes (Mb ≥ 4.5; 1964–2006) in the Himalayas. ‘Point density’ spatial statistics has helped in detecting 22 …

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Inclusion of earthquake strong ground motion in a geographic information system-based landslide susceptibility zonation in Garhwal Himalayas

Pareek, Naveen; Sharma, Mukat; Arora, Manoj; Pal, Shilpa - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 1, pp. 739-765

Garhwal Himalayas are seismically very active and simultaneously suffering from landslide hazards. Landslides are one … of the most frequent natural hazards in Himalayas causing damages worth more than one billion US$ and around 200 deaths … in the Garhwal Himalaya. An attempt has been made to incorporate seismic shaking parameters in terms of peak ground …

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Study of cloudburst and flash floods around Leh, India, during August 4–6, 2010

Thayyen, Renoj; Dimri, A.; Kumar, Pradeep; Agnihotri, G. - In: Natural Hazards 65 (2013) 3, pp. 2175-2204

Leh and surrounding region of the Ladakh mountain range in the trans-Himalaya experienced multiple cloudbursts and …

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Use of site amplification and anelastic attenuation for the determination of source parameters of the Sikkim earthquake of September 18, 2011, using far-field strong-motion data

Joshi, A.; Kumar, Parveen; Arora, Sandeep - In: Natural Hazards 70 (2014) 1, pp. 217-235

, 2011. This earthquake is recorded on strong-motion network in Uttarakhand Himalaya located about 900 km away from the …

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Causes of catastrophic failure of Tam Pokhari moraine dam in the Mt. Everest region

Osti, Rabindra; Bhattarai, Tara; Miyake, Katsuhito - In: Natural Hazards 58 (2011) 3, pp. 1209-1223

The moraine dam of the Tam Pokhari glacial lake breached on 3 September 1998 and caused a catastrophic flood in the downstream areas. To learn from the event, a field survey was conducted. The survey team found that a landslide, which is considered to be responsible for the outburst flood,...

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Threat of glacial lake outburst flood to Tehsil Gupis from Khukush Lake, District Ghizer, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

Rehman, Gohar; Ahmad, Sajjad; Khan, Shuhab; Ali, Fayaz; … - In: Natural Hazards 70 (2014) 2, pp. 1589-1602

Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a powerful natural phenomenon that is very active in the Karakoram and Himalayas …

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Back analysis of landslide susceptibility zonation mapping for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake: an assessment of the reliability of susceptibility zoning maps

Kamp, Ulrich; Owen, Lewis; Growley, Benjamin; Khattak, … - In: Natural Hazards 54 (2010) 1, pp. 1-25

The October 2005 earthquake triggered several thousand landslides in the Lesser Himalaya of Kashmir in northern …

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Modeling of strong ground motions for 1991 Uttarkashi, 1999 Chamoli earthquakes, and a hypothetical great earthquake in Garhwal–Kumaun Himalaya

Chopra, Sumer; Kumar, Vikas; Suthar, Anup; Kumar, Pankaj - In: Natural Hazards 64 (2012) 2, pp. 1141-1159

.5 earthquake in central seismic gap region of Himalaya. Two scenarios are considered with epicenter of future great earthquake at … central Himalaya from a future great earthquake. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 …

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Modelling of stream run-off and sediment output for erosion hazard assessment in Lesser Himalaya: need for sustainable land use plan using remote sensing and GIS: a case study

Rawat, Pradeep; Tiwari, P.; Pant, C.; Sharama, A.; Pant, P. - In: Natural Hazards 59 (2011) 3, pp. 1277-1297

and sustainable development. The objective of this study was to assess and map soil erosion hazard in Lesser Himalaya with … a case study. The Dabka watershed constitutes a part of the Kosi Basin in the Lesser Himalaya, India, in district …

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