Seismic structure of the underthrusting Indian crust in Sikkim Himalaya

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Singh, Arun ^a   Kumar, M Ravi ^a   Raju, P Solomon ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY;

AXIS ORIENTATION; AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; BROADBAND STATION; COMMON-CONVERSION POINTS; CONJUGATE SYSTEMS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FAST AXIS; HIMALAYAS; LOW-VELOCITY LAYERS; LOWER CRUST; MAIN BOUNDARY THRUSTS; MONTE CARLO; NEAREST NEIGHBORHOOD; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC CHARACTER; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SHEAR PROCESS; SIKKIM HIMALAYA; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SOUTHERN TIBET; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; WAVE FORMS;

ANISOTROPY;

CONVERGENCE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MOHO; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

EID: 79251577701     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010TC002722     Document Type: Article

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