Crustal structure at the epicentral zone of the 2005 Kashmir (Muzaffarabad) earthquake and seismotectonic significance of lithospheric flexure

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1406-1412

  Mishra, D C ^a   Rajasekhar, R P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Effective elastic thickness; Flexural bulge; Gravity anomalies; Himalayan seismicity; Muzaffarabad earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745326342     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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