Relocation of aftershocks of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake: A new insight into seismotectonics of the Kachchh seismic zone, Gujarat, India

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 254-260

  Mandal, Prantik ^a   Pandey, O P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Brittle ductile transition; Double difference relocation; Fault intersection; Transverse fault; Velocity model

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; FAULT ZONE; GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE 2001; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 77249133553     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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