Geothermal investigations in the 1993 Latur earthquake area, Deccan Volcanic Province, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-252

  Roy, S ^a   Rao, R U M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crustal temperatures; Deccan Volcanic Province; Heat flow; Heat production; Latur earthquake; Surface rupture

Indexed keywords

DECCAN TRAPS; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; SEISMICITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033563396     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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