Low seismicity in the Bhutan Himalaya and the stress shadow of the 1897 Shillong Plateau earthquake

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Gahalaut, V K ^a   Rajput, Shikha ^a   Kundu, Bhaskar ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Great earthquake; Himalaya; Shillong Plateau; Stress shadow

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE RATES; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; HIMALAYA; HIMALAYAS; SHILLONG PLATEAU; STRESS CHANGES; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; STRESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NEPAL; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 79957815763     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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