Transverse tectonics in the sikkim himalaya: Evidence from seismicity and focal-mechanism data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1816-1822

  Hazarika, Pinki ^a   Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Srijayanthi, G ^a   Raju, P Solomon ^a   Rao, N Purnachandra ^a   Srinagesh, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B VALUE; BROADBAND SEISMIC STATIONS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; EURASIAN PLATES; FOCAL DEPTH; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCHES; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN PLATE; MAIN BOUNDARY THRUSTS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; P TRAVEL TIME; P-VELOCITY; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; RATES OF CONVERGENCE; SIKKIM HIMALAYA; STRIKE-SLIP MECHANISM; THRUST FAULTING; TRAVEL TIME;

EARTHQUAKES; FOCUSING;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; PROBABILITY; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE VELOCITY;

HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

EID: 77955371387     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090339     Document Type: Article

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