One-dimensional reference velocity model and precise locations of earthquake hypocenters in the Kumaon-Garhwal Himalaya

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 328-339

  Mahesh, P ^a   Rai, S S ^a   Sivaram, K ^a   Paul, Ajay ^b   Gupta, Sandeep ^a   Sarma, Rajagopala ^a   Gaur, V K ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^c CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND SEISMIC STATIONS; GANGA BASIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN PLATE; KUMAON-GARHWAL HIMALAYA; LESSER HIMALAYA; LOWER CRUST; MAIN HIMALAYAN THRUSTS; PRECISE LOCATIONS; REFERENCE VELOCITY; S-PHASE; SEISMIC RECORDING; SURFACE TRACES; TEHRI DAMS; VELOCITY MODEL;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; AZIMUTH; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; INDIAN PLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECISION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM;

GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84872131707     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110328     Document Type: Article

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