Earthquake-generating process in Pakistan-Kashmir Himalayan front: A tectonic overview

Indian Minerals

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 27-40

  Ghosh, D ^a   Mishra, O P ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b Geological sun'Ey of India   (India)

Author keywords

2005 muzaffarabad earthquake; Hydrothermal fluid; Indus kohistan seismic zone; Mid crustal rocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951442079     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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