2008 Little Andaman aftershock: Genetic linkages with the subducting 90°E ridge and 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 479, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Catherine, J K ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a   Ambikapathy, A ^a   Kundu, Bhaskar ^a   Subrahmanyam, C ^a   Jade, S ^b   Bansal, Amit ^a   Chadha, R K ^a   Narsaiah, M ^a   Premkishore, L ^a   Gupta, D C ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

Author keywords

2004 Sumatra Andaman earthquake; 90 E ridge; Andaman; Coulomb stress; Postseismic deformation

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC SLIPS; COULOMB STRESS; FAULT PLANES; FRONTAL ARC; GENETIC LINKAGE; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; SUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL ARC; COSEISMIC PROCESS; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TECTONIC PLATE; TRENCH;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70450280546     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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