Soft-sediment deformation in contemporary reservoir sediment: A repository of recent major earthquake events in Garhwal Himalaya

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-209

  Pandey, Prabha ^a   Kumar, Rohtash ^a,b   Suresh, N ^a,b   Sangode, S J ^a,b   Pandey, Anand K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LIQUEFACTION; SANDBAR; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 65949096496     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595860     Document Type: Article

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