Characteristics of earthquakes around Tirupattur (TN) and seismotectonics of the region

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 773-780

  Rastogi, B K ^a   Jaiswal, R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Earth tremors; N.Arcot distric; Seismotectonics; Tamil Nadu; Tirupattur town

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FORESHOCK; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 34548203824     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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