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Coulomb Stress Change of the 2012 Indian Ocean Doublet Earthquake
The 2012 Sumatra (Mw 8.6) earthquake, which falls into the largest and rarest group of the great intraplate earthquakes, continues to awe many brilliant minds. An enormous aftershock (Mw 8.2) was felt two hours a...
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Chapter
Regression Relations for Magnitude Conversion of Northeast India and Northern Chile and Southern Peru
For any seismic study, particularly seismic hazard estimations, land use control, and other seismological applications, a unified earthquake catalog is essential. It was necessary to convert various earthquake...
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Chapter
Data-Driven Spatiotemporal Assessment of Seismicity in the Philippine Region
The present study provides a retrospective analysis of the geographical and chronological fluctuations of three basic statistical characteristics of seismicity using a big dataset of events that occurred betwe...
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Article
Earthquake disaster database system in assessment and prediction of seismic hazard
A homogeneous earthquake database is required to research earthquake occurrence patterns throughout time and space, as well as for a variety of technical applications such as seismic hazard assessment, peak gr...
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Open AccessRegression relationships for conversion of body wave and surface wave magnitudes toward Das magnitude scale, Mwg
A reliable and standardized estimation of earthquake size is a fundamental requirement for all tectonophysical and engineering applications. Several investigations raised questions about the determinations of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Application of Regression Techniques for Preparing a Homogeneous Earthquake Catalog—An Overview
Standard least squares regression (SLR) and general orthogonal regression (GOR) address different questions and make different assumptions about measurement errors in one or both of the variables. SLR minimize...
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Chapter
Optical Polarization Phase Modulation with Lithium Niobate
Lithium Niobate crystal can be used to achieve tunable differential polarization phase modulation. A typical polarization phase tuning application based on optical polarization between the E-ray and O-ray comp...
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Article
Estimation of slope length gradient (LS) factor for the sub-watershed areas of Juri River in Tripura
The slope length gradient (LS) factor expresses the effect of topography, i.e., combining effects of slope length (L) and slope steepness (S) on rate of soil erosion. The longer the slope length, greater is th...
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Article
An Investigation on Sudden Change in Water Quality of Brahmaputra River Using Remote Sensing and GIS
A sudden rise in turbidity levels of the Siang River, which is a major contributor of water to the Brahmaputra, has increased interest and much debate and speculations on causes during November 2017. Since the...
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Article
A hybrid deterministic and stochastic approach for tsunami hazard assessment in Iquique, Chile
The southern Peru and northern Chile coastal region is an active subduction zone that contains one of the most significant seismic gaps in the eastern Pacific basin (~ 17°S–~ 24°S). Although the gap was partia...
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Article
Genome sequence of a spore-laccase forming, BPA-degrading Bacillus sp. GZB isolated from an electronic-waste recycling site reveals insights into BPA degradation pathways
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic chemical with known deleterious effects on biota. A genome sequencing project is an important starting point for designing a suitable BPA bioremediation process, because it pro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Insight to the Potentials of Sentinel-1 SAR Data for Embankment Breach Assessment
Embankment breaching is one of the serious issues on the innumerous streams of the Brahmaputra floodplains during the monsoon season, which extends from May to October, leading to major agricultural damages by...
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Chapter
Regression Relations for Magnitude Conversion for the Indian Region
Earthquake catalogs contain data about time of occurrence, hypocentral coordinates, earthquake magnitude, and other earthquake information. The data is derived from the observations of different seismic wave t...
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Chapter
Benzene Biodegradation During Growth by Aerococcus sp. Isolated from Oil Sludge
Monoaromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene have been found in large quantities of sludge created by oil production facilities and industries. Benzene is highly volatile and soluble in water, it seeps into the g...
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Article
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Northeast India Region
Northeast India bounded by latitudes 20°–30°N and longitudes 87°–98°E is one of the most seismically active areas in the world. This region has experienced several moderate-to-large-sized earthquakes, includin...
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Article
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of NW and central Himalayas and the adjoining region
The Himalayan region has undergone significant development and to ensure safe and secure progress in such a seismically vulnerable region there is a need for hazard assessment. For seismic hazard assessment, i...
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Article
Microbial diversity, community composition and metabolic potential in hydrocarbon contaminated oily sludge: prospects for in situ bioremediation
Microbial community composition and metabolic potential have been explored in petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated sludge of an oil storage facility. Culture-independent clone library-based 16S rRNA gene analyse...
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Article
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Himachal Pradesh and adjoining regions
Seismically active Himachal Pradesh and adjoining regions comprising Himalayan orogenic belt with the experience of the great Kangra earthquake of 1905, has high potential for river valley projects. There are ...
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Article
Homogenization of Earthquake Catalog for Northeast India and Adjoining Region
A catalog for northeast India and the adjoining region for the period 1897–2009 with 4,497 earthquakes events is compiled for homogenization to moment magnitude M w,GCMT in the magnitude range 3–8...
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Temporal and spatial variations in the magnitude of completeness for homogenized moment magnitude catalogue for northeast India
Northeast India region is one of the most seismically active areas in the world. Events data for the period 1897–2010, used in this study has been largely compiled from global ISC, NEIC and GCMT databases. His...
