The disastrous M 7.9 sichuan earthquake of 12 May 2008

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-330

  Gupta, Harsh ^a   Purnachandra Rao, N ^a   Shashidhar, D ^a   Mallika, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

China; Earthquake; Seismicity; Siachun; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT PLANE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 56849086525     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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