Fluid driven earthquakes in the Chamoli Region, Garhwal Himalaya: Evidence from local earthquake tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1295-1304

  Mahesh, P ^a,b   Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Rai, S S ^a   Sarma, P Rajagopala ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental tectonics: compressional; Crustal structure; Dynamics: seismotectonics; Seismic tomography; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COMPRESSIONAL; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DEHYDRATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT ZONE; FRICTION; GEODYNAMICS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; THRUST; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHAMOLI; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84869080644     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05672.x     Document Type: Article

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