The genesis of the 2001 Bhuj, India Earthquake (Mw 7.6): A puzzle for peninsular India?

Indian Minerals

Volumn 62, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 149-170

  Mishra, O P ^a   Zhao, D ^b   Wang, Z ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 d seismic structures; Bhuj earthquake; Fluids; Poisson's ratio; Seismotectonic model

Indexed keywords

3-D SEISMIC STRUCTURES; BHUJ EARTHQUAKE; POISSON'S RATIO; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SEISMOTECTONIC MODEL; SEISMOTECTONICS;

DISSOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POISSON RATIO;

ACTIVE MARGIN; AFTERSHOCK; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DISSOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAILURE MECHANISM; FLUID PRESSURE; GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE 2001; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGMATISM; P-WAVE; PLATE BOUNDARY; POISSON RATIO; RECRYSTALLIZATION; RIFT ZONE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SIMULATION; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

BHUJ; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 77951776816     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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