The 2009 Bhutan and Assam felt earthquakes (Mw 6.3 and 5.1) at the Kopili fault in the northeast Himalaya region

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-281

  Kayal, J R ^a   Arefiev, Sergei S ^b   Baruah, Saurabh ^c   Tatevossian, Ruben ^b   Gogoi, Naba ^d   Sanoujam, Manichandra ^e   Gautam, J L ^f   Hazarika, Devajit ^g   Borah, Dipak ^c  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c CSIR NORTH EAST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^g WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CURVILINEAR STRUCTURES; EPICENTRE; FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONS; FAULT ZONE; HIMALAYAS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; SEISMOTECTONICS;

FELT; LANDFORMS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 79958735972     PISSN: 19475705     EISSN: 19475713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475705.2010.486561     Document Type: Letter

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