An investigation into the seismic potential of the Irrawaddy Region, Northern Sunda Arc

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 891-895

  Kundu, Bhaskar ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; GEOSCIENCES; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; INDIAN PLATE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUNDA ARC; TOMOGRAPHIC;

EARTHQUAKES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; INDIAN PLATE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ARAKAN; AYEYARWADY; INDIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; MYANMAR; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUNDA ARC;

EID: 77949937529     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090081     Document Type: Article

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