GPS measurements of postseismic deformation in the Andaman-Nicobar region following the giant 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Gahalaut, V K ^a   Jade, S ^b   Catherine, J K ^a   Gireesh, R ^a   Ananda, M B ^b   Kumar, P Dileep ^b   Narsaiah, M ^a   Jafri, S S H ^a   Ambikapathy, A ^a   Bansal, A ^a   Chadha, R K ^a   Gupta, D C ^c   Nagarajan, B ^d   Kumar, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^d Survey of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; GROUND MOTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SLIP; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; UPLIFT;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 55949091225     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005511     Document Type: Article

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