Seismicity and tectonics of the Bay of Bengal: Evidence for intraplate deformation of the northern Indian plate

Tectonophysics

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 323-336

  Biswas, Satyajit ^a,b   Majumdar, Ranjit K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Buckling of oceanic lithosphere; Fault plane solution; Intraplate deformation; N S compression; Ridge push; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

FAULT PLANE SOLUTION; INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC BUCKLING; RIDGE PUSH; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0030757048     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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