Revisiting the Andaman subduction lithosphere following the 26 December 2004 Sumatra earthquake

Indian Minerals

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Mukhopadhyay, Basab ^a   Acharyya, Anshuman ^b   Bhattacharya, Auditeya ^a   Dasgupta, Sujit ^b   Sengupta, Sujit Ranjan ^a  

^a Geodata and Database Division   (India)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

26 december 2004 earthquake; Andaman sumatra arc trench system; Benioff zone; Convergent plate boundary; Subducting lithosphere

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY; DAMPENING EFFECTS; DEPTH PENETRATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENTS; FOCAL PLANES; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC; PLATE SUBDUCTION; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SUMATRA; TRENCH SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; CAVITY RESONATORS; EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BENIOFF ZONE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; GEOMETRY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 76149107178     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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