The Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, earthquake of 8 October 2005: Surface faulting, environmental effects and macroseismic intensity

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 316, Issue , 2009, Pages 155-172

  Ali, Zahid ^a   Qaisar, Muhammad ^a   Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Shah, Muhammad Ali ^a   Iqbal, Talat ^a   Serva, Leonello ^b   Michetti, Alessandro M ^c   Burton, Paul W ^d  

^a Ishfaq Ahmad Research Laboratories   (Pakistan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT PLANE; GROUND MOTION; HANGING WALL; INDIAN PLATE; KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE 2005; SEISMIC ZONE; STRONG MOTION; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; AZAD KASHMIR; EURASIA; MUZAFFARABAD; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349200808     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP316.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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