Tectonic implications and seismicity triggering during the 2008 Baluchistan, Pakistan earthquake sequence

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-178

  Yadav, R B S ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^b   Chopra, Sumer ^c   Shan, Bin ^d  

^a INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

B Value; Baluchistan (Pakistan) earthquake; Coulomb failure stress; Modified Bath's law; Omori law

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; EURASIAN PLATE; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; HETEROGENEITY; INDIAN PLATE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

BALUCHISTAN; PAKISTAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84855186462     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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