What caused the great Sumatran earthquakes of 26 December 2004 and 28 March 2005?

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-452

  Purnachandra Rao, N ^a   Hanmantha Chary, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 27944487063     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
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