Geodetic constraints on the translation and deformation of India: Implications for future great Himalayan earthquakes

Current Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-229

  Bilham, Roger ^a   Blume, Frederick ^a   Bendick, Rebecca ^a   Gaur, Vinod K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

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