Seismotectonics of the Koyna-Warna Area, India

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 511-550

  Talwani, Pradeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Koyna Warna earthquakes; Reservoir induced seismicity Case history; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

INDIA, MAHARASHTRA, KOYNA-WARNA;

EID: 0031446749     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050091     Document Type: Article

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