The 2001 Bhuj earthquake: Tomographic evidence for fluids at the hypocenter and its implications for rupture nucleation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Kayal, J R ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b   Mishra, O P ^b   De, Reena ^a   Singh, O P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Poisson's ratio; Tomographic evidence; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; POISSON RATIO; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARRIVAL TIME; FRACTURED ROCK; KOBE EARTHQUAKE; RATIO STRUCTURES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; TOMOGRAPHIC; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0037728909     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015177     Document Type: Article

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