3-D seismic structure of the northeast India region and its implications for local and regional tectonics

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 25-41

  Bhattacharya, Pankaj Mala ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^b   Majumdar, R K ^c   Kayal, J R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

3 D seismic structure; Active fault; Crustal heterogeneity; Earthquakes; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ARRIVAL TIME; DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; HETEROGENEITY; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; P-WAVE; TECTONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 43349087838     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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