Earthquake sequence in and around Bhavnagar, Saurashtra, western India during August-December 2000 and associated tectonic features

Current Science

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1165-1170

  Bhattacharya, S N ^a   Karanth, R V ^b   Dattatrayam, R S ^c   Sohoni, P S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

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