Geodetic constraints on the Bhuj 2001 earthquake and surface deformation in the Kachchh Rift Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Wallace, Kali ^a,b   Bilham, R ^a,b   Blume, F ^a,e   Gaur, V K ^c   Gahalaut, V ^d  

^a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS;

GEODETIC CONSTRAINTS; RUPTURE; SURFACE DEFORMATION; TECTONIC UPLIFT;

GEODESY;

BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745842162     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025775     Document Type: Article

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