Source parameters and tectonic implications of aftershocks of the Mw 7.6 Bhuj earthquake of 26 January 2001

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 818-827

  Bodin, Paul ^a   Horton, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AFTERSHOCKS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STATIC STRESS DROPS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; REACTIVATION; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ASIA; BHUJ; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4243198304     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030176     Document Type: Article

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