Seismotectonic model of the Sikkim Himalaya: Constraint from microearthquake surveys

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1395-1400

  De, Reena ^a   Kayal, J R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MAIN BOUNDARY THRUSTS (MBT);

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULTING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0041738891     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120020211     Document Type: Article

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