Stress state, seismicity and subduction geometries of the descending lithosphere below the Hindukush and Pamir

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 867-877

  Khan, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Composite group; Generalised predominant stress; Lateral extrusion; Seismicity; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION;

HINDU KUSH; PAMIRS;

EID: 0242349631     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71031-5     Document Type: Article

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