[1]. Ramakrishnan M and Vaidyanathan R (2010). Geology of India, (1) Geological Survey of India, Bangalore.

[2]. Prabhu, M. and Raghukanth, S.T.G. (2015). Development of surface level probabilistic seismic hazard map of Himachal Pradesh. Advances in Structural Engineering, 765-778.

[3]. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) (2002). Criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures, IS: 1893 (Part I).

[4]. Nath, S.K., Thingbaijam, K.K.S., and Raj, A. (2008). Earthquake hazard in northeast India—a seismic microzonation approach with typical case studies from Sikkim Himalaya and Guwahati city. Journal of Earth System. 117 (2): 809-831.

[5]. Barua A. (2004). Generation of Geological data base for seismic microzonation of Dehradun, IIRS, Dehradun.

[6]. Ganapathy, G.P. (2011). First level seismic microzonation map of Chennai city-a GIS approach. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 11 (2): 549.

[7]. Nakamura, Y. (1997). November. Seismic vulnerability indices for ground and structures using micro tremor, In World Congress on Railway Research in Florence, Italy.

[8]. Joyner, W.B. and Boore, D.M. (1981). Peak horizontal acceleration and velocity from strong-motion records including records from the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 71 (6): 2011-2038.

[9]. Boatwright, J., Fletcher, J.B., and Fumal, T.E. (1991). A general inversion scheme for source, site, and propagation characteristics using multiply recorded sets of moderate-sized earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 81 (5): 1754-1782.

[10]. Shiuly, A., Sahu, R.B., and Mandal, S. (2014). Effect of soil on ground motion amplification of Kolkata City. International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. 5 (1): 1-20.

[11]. Thokchom, S., Rastogi, B. K., Dogra N. N., Pancholi V., Sairam, B., Bhattacharya, F., and Patel, V. (2017). Empirical correlation of SPT blowcounts versus shear wave velocity for different types of soils in Dholera, Western India. Natural Hazards. 86 (3): 1291–1306.

[12]. Fattah, M.Y., Abdullah, H.H., and Abed, A.H. (2018). Ground response analysis for two selected sites in Al-Hilla City in the middle of Iraq. Journal of University of Babylon for Engineering Sciences. 26 (6): 234-256.

[13]. Abdullah, H.H., Fattah, M.Y., and Abed, A.H. (2018). Determination of liquefaction potential for two selected sites in Kerbala city-middle of Iraq. International Journal of Engineering & Technology. 7 (1): 25-32.

[14]. Ghali, M., Chekired, M., and Karray, M. (2020). Framework to improve the correlation of SPT-N and geotechnical parameters in sand. Acta Geotechnica. 15 (3): 735-759.

[15]. Ataee, O., Moghaddas, N.H., and Lashkaripour, G.R. (2019). Estimating shear wave velocity of soil using standard penetration test (SPT) blow counts in Mashhad city. Journal of Earth System Science. 128 (3): 1-25.

[16]. Anbazhagan, P. and Sitharam, T.G. (2010). Relationship between low strain shear modulus and standard penetration test N values. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 33 (2): 150-164.

[17]. Shukla, D. and Solanki, C.H. (2020). Estimated empirical correlations between shear wave velocity and SPT-N value for Indore city using NLR and ANN. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 50, 784–800. 

[18]. Rao, V.D. and Choudhury, D. (2020). Estimation of shear wave velocity and seismic site characterization for new nuclear power plant region, India. Natural Hazards Review. 21 (4).

[19]. Duan, W., Congress, S. S. C., Cai, G., Liu, S., Dong, X., Chen, R., and Liu, X. (2021). A hybrid GMDH neural network and logistic regression framework for state parameter–based liquefaction evaluation. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 99 (999): 1801-1811.

[20]. Daag, A.S., Halasan, O.P.C., Magnaye, A.A.T., Grutas, R.N., and Solidum Jr, R.U. (2022). Empirical Correlation between Standard Penetration Resistance (SPT-N) and Shear Wave Velocity (Vs) for Soils in Metro Manila, Philippines. Applied Sciences. 12 (16): 8067.

[21]. Kumar, A., Satyannarayana, R. and Rajesh, B.G. (2022). Correlation between SPT-N and shear wave velocity (VS) and seismic site classification for Amaravati city, India. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 205, 104757.

[22]. Duan, W., Zhao, Z., Cai, G., Pu, S., Liu, S., and Dong, X. (2022). Evaluating model uncertainty of an in situ state parameter-based simplified method for reliability analysis of liquefaction potential. Computers and Geotechnics, 151, 104957.

[23]. Seed, H.B. and Idriss, I.M. (1971). Simplified procedure for evaluating soil liquefaction potential. Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations division. 97 (9): 1249-1273.

[24]. Zhao, Z., Duan, W., Cai, G., Wu, M., and Liu, S. (2022). CPT-based fully probabilistic seismic liquefaction potential assessment to reduce uncertainty: Integrating XGBoost algorithm with Bayesian theorem. Computers and Geotechnics, 149, 104868.

[25]. Golewski, G.L. (2021). On the special construction and materials conditions reducing the negative impact of vibrations on concrete structures. Materials Today: Proceedings, 45, 4344-4348.

[26]. Zhang, P., Han, S., Golewski, G.L., and Wang, X. (2020). Nanoparticle-reinforced building materials with applications in civil engineering. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. 12 (10): 1687814020965438.

[27]. Golewski, G.L. (2022a). The specificity of shaping and execution of monolithic pocket foundations (PF) in hall buildings. Buildings. 12 (2): 192.

[28]. Golewski, G.L. (2022b). An extensive investigation on fracture parameters of concretes based on quaternary binders (QBC) by means of the DIC technique. Construction and Building Materials, 351, 128823.

[29]. Golewski, G.L. (2022c). Comparative measurements of fracture toughness combined with visual analysis of cracks propagation using the DIC technique of concretes based on cement matrix with a highly diversified composition. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 121, 103553.

[30]. Golewski, G.L. (2022d). Fracture Performance of Cementitious Composites Based on Quaternary Blended Cements. Materials. 15 (17): 6023.

[31]. Government of Himachal Pradesh Department of Revenue (Disaster Management Cell) www.hpsdma.nic.in .

[32]. Trivedi, S.S. (2011). December. Soil amplification studies for Ahmedabad region, International Conference of Current Trends in Technology, 1-6.

[33]. BIS 2131 (1981). Indian standard method for standard penetration test for soils (first revision) reaffirmed 2002. Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi.

[34]. Tamura, I. and Yamazaki, F. (2002). Estimation of S- Wave Velocity Based on Geological Survey Data for K-net and Yokohama Seismometer Network. Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, 696, 237-248.value for Jakarta. International Journal of GEOMATE, 7, 980–984.

[35]. James, N., Sitharam, T.G., Padmanabhan, G., and Pillai, C.S. (2014). Seismic microzonation of a nuclear power plant site with detailed geotechnical, geophysical and site effect studies. Natural Hazards. 71 (1): 419-462.

[36]. Lasley, S.J., Green, R.A., and Rodriguez-Marek, A. (2014). Comparison of equivalent-linear site response analysis software, Proceedings 10th US National Conf. on Earthquake Eng.

[37]. Thomas, G. and Rangaswamy, K. (2022). Small strain stiffness and site-specific Seismic response of nano-silica stabilized soft clay in Kochi, India: a case study. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 15 (1): 1-17.

[38]. Kramer, S.L. (1996). Geotechnical earthquake engineering. In prentice–Hall international series in civil engineering and engineering mechanics, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey.

[39]. Sitharam, T.G. and Anbazhagan, P. (2008). Seismic microzonation: principles, practices and experiments. EJGE Special Volume Bouquet, 8.

[40]. Council, B.B.S.S. (2001). NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program) Recommended Provisions for Seismic Regulations for new buildings and other structures, 2000 Edition. Part I: Provisions FEMA, 302P.

[41]. International Code Council (2006). International Energy Conservation Code 2006 (Vol. 4). International Code Council.

[42]. Ground response analysis programme Pro Shake 2.0, Edu Pro Civil Systems, Inc. Sammamish, Washington proshake@proshake.com.

[43]. Ohba, S. and Toriuma, I. (1970). Research on vibrational characteristics of soil deposits in Osaka, Part 2, on velocities of wave propagation and predominant periods of soil deposits. In technical meeting of Architectural Institute of Japan.

[44]. Imai, T. and Yoshimura, Y. (1970). Elastic wave velocity and soil properties in soft soil. Tsuchito-Kiso. 18 (1): 17-22.

[45]. Fujiwara, T. (1972). Estimation of ground movements in actual destructive earthquakes. Proceedings of the Fourth European Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, London, 125–132.

[46]. Ohsaki, Y. and Iwasaki, R. (1973). On dynamic shear moduli and Poisson’s ratios of soil deposits. Soils and Foundations. 13 (4): 61-73.

[47]. Imai, T. 1977. P and S wave velocities of the ground in Japan. Proceeding of IX Int. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, 2, 127–132

[48]. Ohta, Y. and Goto, N. (1978). Empirical shear wave velocity equations in terms of characteristics soil indexes. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 6, 167–187.

[49]. Seed, H.B. and Idriss, I.M. (1981). Evaluation of liquefaction potential sand deposits based on observation of performance in previous earthquakes. ASCE National Convention (MO): 481–544.

[50]. Imai and Tonouchi (1982). Correlation of N value with S-wave velocity and shear modulus.

[51]. Sykora, D.E. and Stokoe, K.H. (1983). Correlations of in-situ measurements in sands of shear wave velocity. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 20, 125–136.

[52]. Jinan, Z. (1987). Correlation between seismic wave velocity and the number of blow of SPT and depth. Selected Papers from the Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 92–100.

[53]. Lee, S.H. (1990). Regression models of shear wave velocities. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, 13, 519–532.

[54]. Sisman, H. (1995). An investigation on relationships between shear wave velocity, and SPT and pressuremeter test results. MSc Thesis, Ankara University, Geophysical Engineering Department, Ankara, 75.

[55]. Iyisan, R. (1996). Correlations between shear wave velocity and in-situ penetration test results. Chamber of Civil Engineers of Turkey. Teknik Dergi. 7 (2): 1187–1199.

[56]. Jafari, M.K., Asghari, A., and Rahmani, I. (1997). Empirical correlation between shear wave velocity (Vs) and SPT-N value for south of Tehran soils, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering Tehran, Iran.

[57]. Pitilakis, K., Raptakis, D., Lontzetidis, K.T., Vassilikou, T., and Jongmans, D. (1999). Geotechnical and geophysical description of Euro-Seistests, using field and laboratory tests, and moderate strong ground motions. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 3, 381–409.

[58]. Kiku, H., Yoshida, N., Yasuda, S., Irisawa, T., Nakazawa, H., Shimizu, Y., Ansal, A., and Erkan, A. (2001). In-situ penetration tests and soil profiling in Adapazari, Turkey, Proc, ICSMGE/TC4 Satellite Conference on Lessons Learned from Recent Strong Earthquakes, 259–265.

[59]. Jafari, M.K., Shafiee, A., and Razmkhah, A. (2002). Dynamic properties of fine grained soils in south of Tehran. Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, 4, 25–35.

[60]. Dikmen, U. (2009). Statistical correlations of shear wave velocity and penetration resistance for soils. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 6, 61–72.

[61]. Maheswari, R.U., Boominathan, A., and Dodagoudar, G.R. (2010). Seismic site classification and site period mapping of Chennai City using geophysical and geotechnical data. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 72 (3): 152-168.

[62]. Fauzi A, Irsyam M, and Fauji UJ. (2014). Empirical correlation of shear wave velocity and N-SPT.

[63]. Kirar, B., Maheshwari, B.K., and Muley, P. (2016). Correlation between shear wave velocity (Vs) and SPT resistance (N) for Roorkee region. International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering. 2 (1): 1-11.

[64]. Shiuly, A. and Roy, N. (2018). A generalized VS–N correlation using various regression analysis and genetic algorithm. Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica. 53 (3): 479-502.

[65]. Hara, A., Ohta, T., Niwa, M., Tanaka, S., and Banno, T. (1974). Shear modulus and shear strength of cohesive soils. Soils and Foundations. 14 (3): 1-12.

[66]. Ohta, T., Hara, A., Niwa, M., and Sakano, T. (1972). Elastic moduli of soil deposits estimated by N-values, Proceedings of 7th Annual Conference, The Japanese Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation, 265-268.

[67]. Anbazhagan, P. and Sitharam, T.G. (2010). Relationship between low strain shear modulus and standard penetration test N values. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 33 (2): 150-164.