3-D seismic structure of the source area of the 1993 Latur, India, earthquake and its implications for rupture nucleations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 415, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Mukhopadhyay, Sagarfes ^a   Mishra, O P ^b,c   Zhao, D ^b   Kayal, J R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

3 D tomography; Latur earthquake; Poisson's ratio; Saturation rate; Stable continental region

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; LATUR; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33644981402     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.10.041     Document Type: Article

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