Surface deformation in the region of the 1905 Kangra Mw = 7.8 earthquake in the period 1846-2001

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Wallace, Kali ^a   Bilham, R ^a   Blume, F ^a,b   Gaur, V K ^c   Gahalaut, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c Institute of Astrophysics   (India)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; SHOCK WAVES; TECTONICS;

EPICENTRAL REGION; RUPTURE PARAMETERS; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; KANGRA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 26044479197     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022906     Document Type: Article

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