Poroelastic relaxation and aftershocks of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake, India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 460, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 76-82

  Gahalaut, Kalpna ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a   Kayal, J R ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

2001 Bhuj earthquake; Aftershocks; Coulomb stress; Pore pressure; Poroelastic relaxation

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; COSEISMIC PROCESS; COULOMB CRITERION; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 54849419075     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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