The 24th March, 1995 Chamba earthquake (NW Himalaya), field observations and seismotectonics

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-232

  Mahajan, A K ^a  

^a CRSSN   (India)

Author keywords

Chamba; Earthquake; Himalaya; Seismology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0031871254     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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