Structural control on along-strike variation in the seismicity of the northwest Himalaya

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-24

  Arora, B R ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^c  

^a Uttarakhand Council for Science and Technology   (India)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Himalayan arc; Ramp; Ridge; Rifts; Seismicity; Stress change

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DETACHMENT FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; NAPPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

HIMALAYAS;

LEUCAENA TRICHODES;

EID: 84865078980     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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