Comment on "Interpreting the style of faulting and paleoseismicity associated with the 1897 Shillong, northeast India, earthquake: Implications for regional tectonism" by C.P. Rajendran et al

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Sukhija, B S ^a   Reddy, D V ^a   Kumar, Devender ^a   Nagabhushanam, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 33745478715     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001852     Document Type: Note

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