Need for initiating ground penetrating radar studies along active faults in India: An example from Kachchh

Current Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-240

  Maurya, D M ^a   Patidar, A K ^a   Mulchandani, N ^a   Goyal, B ^b   Thakkar, M G ^b   Bhandari, S ^a   Vaid, S I ^a   Bhatt, N P ^a   Chamyal, L S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b R R Lalan College   (India)

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EID: 20444371602     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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