Seismicity analysis of the Kachchh aftershock zone and tectonic implication for 26 Jan 2001 Bhuj earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 465, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 75-83

  Bhatt, Kaushalendra Mangal ^a,b   Hördt, Andreas ^a   Kumar, Santosh ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

b value; Fault intersection model; Intraplate seismicity; Kachchh Rift; North Wagad fault; Stress amplification

Indexed keywords

B-VALUE; FAULT INTERSECTION MODEL; INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY; KACHCHH RIFT; NORTH WAGAD FAULT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; INTERSECTIONS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

AMPLIFICATION;

AFTERSHOCK; AMPLIFICATION; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 60749105237     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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