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This chapter provides review on all existing seismotectonic models of Himalaya and earthquake hazard and its vulnerability has been discussed specifically for Garhwal and Kumaun regions. Finally, interactive active fault database for the Uttarakhand State has been made available at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology website.
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Database Access: The active faults displayed on this interactive Web browser cannot be used for commercial purpose. Contact: Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) or authors of this book when you wish to reprint or reproduce in any manner. Permission to use this data is granted to full acknowledgment of the following source.
R. Jayangondaperumal, V. C. Thakur, V. Joevivek, Rao Singh Priyanka, Anil K. Gupta (2018), Active faults of the Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya, Springer Natural Hazards series, Springer publishers, 147 p. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-8243-6.
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Jayangondaperumal, R., Thakur, V.C., Joevivek, V., Rao, P.S., Gupta, A.K. (2018). Concluding Comments and Structure of Online Interactive Active Fault Database. In: Active Tectonics of Kumaun and Garhwal Himalaya. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8243-6_4
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