Coulomb static stress variations in the Kachchh, Gujarat, India: Implications for the occurrences of two recent earthquakes (Mw = 5.6) in the 2001 Bhuj earthquake region

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 281-285

  Mandal, Prantik ^a   Chadha, R K ^a   Raju, I P ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Satyamurty, C ^a   Narsaiah, R ^a   Maji, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Double difference relocation; Local earthquake moment tensor inversion; Static stress changes; Triggered aftershocks

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT TENSOR; STRESS CHANGE;

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

EID: 34147191647     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03301.x     Document Type: Article

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