Reply to comment by B. S. Sukhija et al. on "interpreting the style of faulting and paleoseismicity associated with the 1897 Shillong, northeast India, earthquake: Implications for regional tectonism"

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Rajendran, C P ^a   Rajendran, Kusala ^a   Duarah, B P ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 33751358444     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001942     Document Type: Note

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