Coulomb stress changes and aftershocks of recent Indian earthquakes

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 576-588

  Rajput, Shikha ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a   Sahu, Vipul K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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