Anomalous seismicity and earthquake forecast in Western Nepal Himalaya and its 1djoining Indian region

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 667-684

  Singh, H N ^a   Paudyal, H ^b   Shanker, D ^c   Panthi, A ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Singh, V P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalous seismicity; Earthquake forecast; Nepal Himalaya; Precursory swarm

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FOCAL MECHANISM; FORECASTING METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 77954313988     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0072-6     Document Type: Article

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