Aftershocks and seismotectonic implications of the 13 September 2002 earthquake (Mw 6.5) in the Andaman Sea basin

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 326-333

  Kayal, J R ^a   Gaonkar, S G ^a   Chakraborty, G K ^a   Singh, O P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS; TENSORS;

AFTERSHOCKS; DIGITAL SEISMOGRAPH STATIONS; MEDIUM-SIZE EARTHQUAKE MAINSHOCK; MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 1842831448     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030049     Document Type: Article

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