Remobilization of the palaeoconvergent corridors hidden under the Deccan trap cover and some major stable continental region earthquakes

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 522-530

  Veeraswamy, K ^a   Raval, U ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deccan traps; Intraplate seismicity; Stable continent region earthquakes; Tectonic boundary

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944463055     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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