Recent trends in seismicity of uttaranchal

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 619-626

  Pant, Charu C ^a   Paul, Ajay ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Seismicity; Seismotectonics; Stress drop; Uttaranchal Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EURASIAN PLATE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INDIAN PLATE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 38649091988     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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