Stress pattern in two seismogenic sources in Nepal-Himalaya and its vicinity

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-323

  Paudyal, Harihar ^a,c   Singh, H N ^b   Shanker, Daya ^c   Singh, V P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Central Himalaya; Fault plane solution; Seismogenic sources; Stress pattern

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; GRAPHIC METHODS; STEREO VISION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEISMOGENIC SOURCES; STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION; STRESS PATTERN;

SEISMOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; INDIAN PLATE; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRESS FIELD; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41549097806     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-00013-2     Document Type: Article

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