Geometry of the Pamir-Hindu Kush intermediate-depth earthquake zone from local seismic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1438-1457

  Sippl, C ^a   Schurr, B ^a   Yuan, X ^a   Mechie, J ^a   Schneider, F M ^a   Gadoev, M ^b   Orunbaev, S ^c   Oimahmadov, I ^b   Haberland, C ^a   Abdybachaev, U ^c   Minaev, V ^b   Negmatullaev, S ^d   Radjabov, N ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tadzhikistan   (Tajikistan)

^c Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG)   (Kyrgyzstan)

^d PMP International   (Tajikistan)

Author keywords

India Eurasia collision; intermediate depth earthquakes; lithospheric deformation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETECTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULT GEOMETRY; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HINDU KUSH; PAMIRS;

EID: 84880764493     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50128     Document Type: Article

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