Magnetic fabrics indicating Late Quaternary seismicity in the Himalayan foothills

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 265-278

  Jayangondaperumal, R ^a   Dubey, Ashok Kumar ^a   Kumar, B Senthil ^b   Wesnousky, S G ^c   Sangode, S J ^d  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS); Earthquake fabric; Himalaya; Paleoseismicity

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FAULT ZONE; LINEATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; TRENCH;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 77956280908     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0494-5     Document Type: Article

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