Spatial variation of the aftershock activity across the Kachchh Rift Basin and its seismotectonic implications

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 439-451

  Singh, A P ^a   Mishra, O P ^b   Kumar, Dinesh ^c   Kumar, Santosh ^a   Yadav, R B S ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b SAARC Disaster Management Centre   (India)

^c KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Aftershocks; b value; Fractal dimension; Frequency magnitude; Slip ratio

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE 2001; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 84858152030     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0175-9     Document Type: Article

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