Time clustering of earthquakes in the Sumatra-Andaman and Himalayan regions

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1068-1071

  Ambikapathy, A ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Stress; Sumatra Andaman region; Time cluster

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955378478     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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