The 2001 Mw 7.6 Bhuj earthquake, low fault friction, and the crustal support of plate driving forces in India

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Copley, Alex ^a,b   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Hollingsworth, James ^a   Leprince, Sébastien ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; FORELAND BASIN; FRICTION; GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE 2001; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP; STRESS; TECTONIC PLATE;

GANGES BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 80052048227     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008137     Document Type: Article

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