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Messages (ix)<br />

Assam <strong>Earthquake</strong> of 1950: Address to the Nation 1<br />

Jawaharlal Nehru<br />

Great <strong>Earthquake</strong> Occurrences of the North East 5<br />

<strong>NIDM</strong> Research Team & Administrative Staff College, Guwahati, Assam<br />

Seismogenesis of Northeastern India and the Adjacent Areas 14<br />

D. R. Nandy<br />

<strong>Earthquake</strong> Gology, Geomorphology and Hazard Scenario in Northeast India: An Appraisal 24<br />

Sujit Dasgupta<br />

Three - Dimensional Tomography of Northeast India and Indo 40<br />

- Burma Region and its implications for <strong>Earthquake</strong> <strong>Risk</strong>s<br />

O. P. Mishra<br />

Active Fault Zones Mapping Using Geophysical Data in Parts of Shillong Plateau 55<br />

D. Walia, S. S. Sanabam A. C. Lyngdoh,d A. Saxena and S. M. Syiem<br />

Site Response Estimation from H/V ratio based on Ambient Noise Measurements of Shillong City 66<br />

Rajib Biswas and Saurabh Baruah<br />

<strong>Earthquake</strong> Hazard in the Northeast India – A Seismic Microzonation Approach 74<br />

with Typical Case Studiesfrom Sikkim Himalaya and Guwahati city<br />

Sankar Kumar Nath, Kiran Kumar Singh Thingbaijam, Abhishek Raj<br />

Seismic Microzonation of Guwahati Urban Aggglomeration Vis a vis <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Mitigation</strong> 101<br />

Kiron mazumdar<br />

The Great Assam <strong>Earthquake</strong> of 1897 - Valuable Lessons Learnt 117<br />

A. C. Lyngdoh, S. Ahmed & Devesh Walia<br />

Recreating 1950 <strong>Earthquake</strong> Scenario in 2011 134<br />

Kishor Jaiswal & David Wald<br />

<strong>Earthquake</strong> Prediction in Northeast India - A Review 139<br />

J. R. Kayal<br />

Landslides: A Major Geohazard in North Eastern India<br />

R.K. Avasthy<br />

Contents<br />

<strong>Earthquake</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> Management in the North East 160<br />

N. Vinod Chandra Menon<br />

<strong>Earthquake</strong> Disasters in the North Eastern Region The Malady and the Emedy 165<br />

P P Shrivastav<br />

Strategic Issues and Road Map 176<br />

P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti

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