The 2005 volcano-tectonic earthquake swarm in the Andaman Sea: Triggered by the 2004 great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kundu, Bhaskar ^a   Legrand, Denis ^b   Gahalaut, Kalpna ^a   Gahalaut, Vineet K ^a   Mahesh, P ^a   Kamesh Raju, K A ^c   Catherine, J K ^a   Ambikapthy, A ^a   Chadha, R K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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EID: 84868018422     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012TC003138     Document Type: Article

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