The devastating Muzaffarabad earthquake of 8 October 2005: New insights into Himalayan seismicity and tectonics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-378

  Rao, N Purnachandra ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Kalpna, ^a   Tsukuda, T ^b   Ramesh, D S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Great earthquakes; Himalaya; Indian plate; Muzaffarabad earthquake; Seismic hazard; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONICS;

AZAD KASHMIR; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; MUZAFFARABAD; PAKISTAN;

EID: 33748084361     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.01.004     Document Type: Review

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