The 26 January 2001 "Republic Day" earthquake, India

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 328-335

  Bendick, R ^a   Bilham, R ^a   Fielding, E ^b   Gaur, V K ^c,g   Hough, S E ^d   Kier, G ^a   Kulkarni, M N ^e   Martin, S ^f   Mueller, K ^a   Mukul, M ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CMMACS   (India)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^f Modern Education Society's   (India)

^g CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

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EID: 27644573205     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.72.3.328     Document Type: Article

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