Interseismic strain accumulation along the western boundary of the Indian subcontinent

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Szeliga, Walter ^a,b   Bilham, Roger ^a   Kakar, Din Mohammad ^c   Lodi, Sarosh H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^d NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULTING; GPS; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRANSPRESSION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84865329578     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008822     Document Type: Article

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