Geophysical and seismological investigations for the hidden Oldham fault in the Shillong Plateau and Assam Valley of northeast India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-372

  Saha, D K ^a   Naskar, D C ^a   Bhattacharya, P M ^a   Kayal, J R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Assam Valley; Deep resistivity; Magnetotelluric; Oldham fault; Shillong Plateau

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING;

ASIA; ASSAM; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; EURASIA; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34247550432     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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