Epidemic type aftershock sequence (ETAS) modeling of northeastern Himalayan seismicity

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-264

  Bansal, A R ^a   Dimri, V P ^a   Babu, K K ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ROCK MECHANICS   (India)

Author keywords

ETAS model; Northeastern Himalaya; Quiescence and activation; Seismic precursors

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MODELING; SEISMICITY;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84875385848     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9314-7     Document Type: Article

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