Aftershocks of the March 1999 Chamoli earthquake and seismotectonic structure of the Garhwal Himalaya

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-117

  Kayal, J R ^a   Ram, Sagina ^a   Singh, O P ^a   Chakraborty, P K ^a   Karunakar, G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MAIN CENTRAL THRUST (MCT);

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMOTECTONICS;

GARHWAL HIMALAYA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0038527116     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0119990139     Document Type: Article

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