The seismic b-value and its correlation with Bouguer gravity anomaly over the Shillong Plateau area: Tectonic implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-147

  Khan, P K ^a   Chakraborty, Partha Pratim ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

b value; Bouguer anomaly; Shillong Plateau; Stress state; Strong lithosphere

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846938553     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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