The 18 September 2011, North Sikkim earthquake

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1475-1479

  Rajendran, Kusala ^a   Rajendran, C P ^a   Thulasiraman, N ^a   Andrews, Ronia ^a   Sherpa, Nima ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Minerals and Geology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Epicentre; Focal depth; Post earthquake survey; Seismotectonic setting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860703633     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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