Seismogenesis in the stable continental regions and implications for hazard assessment: Two recent examples from India

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 896-903

  Rajendran, Kusala ^a   Rajendran, C P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

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