The role of the 1999 Chamoli earthquake in the formation of ground cracks

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 529-538

  Sarkar, Irene ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Tensile ground cracks; Triggering stresses

Indexed keywords

CRACKING; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAILURE MECHANISM; STRESS CHANGE;

ASIA; CHAMOLI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 1442337354     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00093-2     Document Type: Article

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