Estimation of source parameters for the aftershocks of the 2001 Mw 7.7 Bhuj earthquake, India

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1537-1560

  Mandal, Prantik ^a   Johnston, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Center for Earthquake Research and Information   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerograms; Intraplate earthquakes; Seismograms; Source parameters; Spectral technique; Stress drop

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMOGRAM; SH-WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 33747168839     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0091-5     Document Type: Article

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