On interseismic elevation changes and strain accumulation for great thrust earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1011-1014

  Gahalaut, V K ^a   Chander, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); LOCKS (ON WATERWAYS); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; STRAIN;

AVERAGE RATE; GROUND ELEVATION; HIMALAYAS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RMS ERRORS; SEISMIC STRAIN; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS;

FAULTING; TECTONICS;

MEIZOSEISMAL ZONE; PLATE BOUNDARY FAULTS; SEISMIC STRAIN; THRUST EARTHQUAKES;

COLLISION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE; GROUND ELEVATION CHANGE; LEVELLING SURVEY; PLATE CONVERGENCE RATE;

NEPAL;

EID: 0031147643     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00810     Document Type: Article

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