Shillong plateau earthquakes in northeast India region: Complex tectonic model

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-114

  Kayal, J R ^a   Arefiev, S S ^b   Barua, S ^c   Hazarika, D ^c   Gogoi, N ^d   Kumar, A ^e   Chowdhury, S N ^a   Kalita, S ^f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fault plane solutions; Pop up tectonics; Shillong plateau; Strike slip faulting; Waveform inversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746590360     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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