The Mw 7.7 Bhuj earthquake: Global lessons for earthquake hazard in intra-plate regions

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-282

  Schweig, Eugene ^a   Gomberg, Joan ^a   Petersen, Mark ^a   Ellis, Michael ^b   Bodin, Paul ^b   Mayrose, Laurel ^b   Rastogi, B K ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bhuj; Central USA; Earthquake; Hazard assessment; Intra plate regions; Kachchh; New Madrid; Periodicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMICITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0038198796     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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