Earthquakes in India and the Himalaya: Tectonics, geodesy and history

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 839-858

  Bilham, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; History; India

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PALEOSEISMICITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 7644220873     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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