Seismic evidences of faulting beneath the Panvel flexure

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 991-996

  Mohan, G ^a   Surve, G ^a   Tiwari, Pankaj Kr ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Crust; Fault; Panvel flexure; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548992743     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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