Relationship between earthquake swarm, rifting history, magmatism and pore pressure diffusion - An example from South Andaman Sea, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-170

  Mukhopadhyay, Basab ^a   Acharyya, Anshuman ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Manoj ^b   Dasgupta, Sujit ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Andaman swarm 2005; Focal mechanisms; Nascent rift; Pore pressure; r t plot

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAGMATISM; PORE PRESSURE; RIFTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004;

ANDAMAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77956398510     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-010-0093-x     Document Type: Article

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