Luminescence chronometry and geomorphic evidence of active fold growth along the Kachchh Mainland Fault (KMF), Kachchh, India: Seismotectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 422, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 71-87

  Mathew, George ^a,b   Singhvi, Ashok K ^a   Karanth, Rama V ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Bhuj; Earthquake; Kachchh; Kutch; Optical dating; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BASIN; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; FOLDING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; THRUST; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 33746728370     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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