Seismicity pattern in north Sumatra - Great Nicobar region: In search of precursor for the 26 December 2004 earthquake

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-223

  Dasgupta, Sujit ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Basab ^a   Bhattacharya, Auditeya ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

B value; Foreshocks; Seismic quiescence; Seismicity; Sumatra Great Nicobar region

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; FORESHOCK; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; SEISMICITY;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NICOBARS; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 36349019818     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-007-0021-7     Document Type: Article

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