The 1993 Killari (Latur), central India, earthquake: An example of fault reactivation in the Precambrian crust

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 651-654

  Rajendran, C P ^a   Rajendran, Kusala ^a   John, Biju ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING;

CENTRAL INDIA; DEEP TRENCH; FAULT REACTIVATION; MASS REMOVAL; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; RUPTURE ZONE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SPATIAL TRENDS; 'CURRENT; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT LINE; LANDSAT; PRECAMBRIAN;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRATON; CRUST; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; PRECAMBRIAN; SEISMICITY; FAULT REACTIVATION; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKE; KILLARI EARTHQUAKE 1993; PRECAMBRIAN CRUST; RUPTURE ZONE;

INDIA; KILLARI; MAHARASHTRA; LATUR;

EID: 0030478265     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0651:TKLCIE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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