Seismic b-Value and the assessment of ambient stress in Northeast India

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1693-1706

  Khan, Prosanta Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Manoj ^b   Chakraborty, Partha Pratim ^c   Mukherjee, Debdeep ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

b value; Deep seated fracture; Foreland; Seismic moment energy; Strong lithosphere

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; TECTONICS;

B VALUE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FORELAND; MUTUAL INTERACTION; SEISMIC CHARACTER; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE; STRONG LITHOSPHERE;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84871084549     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0194-x     Document Type: Article

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