Three-dimensional velocity imaging of the Kachchh seismic zone, Gujarat, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 452, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Mandal, Prantik ^a   Chadha, R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aftershock activity; Intraplate earthquake; Local earthquake velocity tomography; Lower crust; Mafic intrusive

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ARRIVAL TIME; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; IMAGING METHOD; P-WAVE; RIFT ZONE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 43849091624     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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