Slow rupture in andaman during 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake: A probable consequence of subduction of 90°E ridge

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1181-1186

  Gahalaut, V K ^a   Subrahmanyam, C ^a   Kundu, B ^a   Catherine, J K ^a   Ambikapathy, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental margins: convergent; Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake dynamics; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; INDIAN PLATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; INDIA;

EID: 77949958139     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04449.x     Document Type: Article

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