Size and orientation of the fault plane for the 2001 Gujarat, India earthquake (Mw7.7) from aftershock observations: A high stress drop event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Negishi, H ^a   Mori, J ^b   Sato, T ^c   Singh, R ^d   Kumar, S ^e   Hirata, N ^f  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Indian Institute of Technology   (India)

^e WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS;

AFTERSHOCK LOCATION; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; FAULT PLANES; HIGH STRESS; STATIC STRESS; SURFACE FAULTING; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

FAULTING;

EID: 0037110259     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015280     Document Type: Article

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