Crustal and lithospheric thinning beneath the seismogenic Kachchh rift zone, Gujarat (India): Its implications toward the generation of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake sequence

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-161

  Mandal, Prantik ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aftershock activity; Intra plate earthquakes; Lithospheric thickness; Moho depths; Receiver function

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ASTHENOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE 2001; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 78449289381     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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