Mapping the b-value and its correlation with the fractal dimension in the northeast region of India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 680-695

  Bhattacharya, Pankaj Mala ^a   Kayal, J R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

B values; Fractal dimensions; Northeastern India; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0842269294     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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