Seismic imaging of the aftershock zone of the 2001 Mw 7.7 Bhuj earthquake, India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Mandal, Prantik ^a   Pujol, Jose ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

LITHOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY; PLUTON OF MAFIC COMPOSITION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FAULT; FRACTURED MEDIUM; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOMETRY;

ASIA; BHUJ; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646336610     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025275     Document Type: Article

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