Rupture parameters of the 1999 Chamoli earthquake in Garhwal Himalaya: Constraints from aftershocks and change in failure stress

Tectonophysics

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 23-32

  Rajput, Shikha ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a   Raju, P S ^a   Kayal, J R ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Chamoli earthquake; Coulomb stress; Earthquake rupture

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; REACTIVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL; WORLD;

EID: 21644436962     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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