Characteristics of earthquake sequence in northern Himalayan region of South Central Tibet - Precursor search and location of potential area of future earthquake

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 459-466

  Paudyal, Harihar ^a   Shanker, D ^b   Singh, H N ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalous seismicity; Indus Tsangpo Suture (ITS); Seismic episodes (NAGM); Seismicity; South Central Tibet (SCT)

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79955465837     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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