Relocation of early and late aftershocks of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake using joint hypocentral determination (JHD) technique: Implication toward the continued aftershock activity for more than four years

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1561-1581

  Mandal, Prantik ^a   Narsaiah, R ^a   Sairam, B ^a   Satyamurty, C ^a   Raju, I P ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; b value; Joint hypocentral determination; p value; Station corrections

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; DIP; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAPH; THRUST; VISCOELASTICITY;

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

EID: 33747174308     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0090-6     Document Type: Article

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