Spatial distribution analysis of mass movements triggered by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake in the Northeast Himalayas of Pakistan

Geomorphology

Volumn 206, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-214

  Basharat, Muhammad ^a   Rohn, Joachim ^b   Baig, Mirza Shahid ^a   Khan, Muhammad Rustam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2005 Kashmir earthquake; Epicentre; Mass movement concentration; Reactivated Muzaffarabad Fault

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894994132     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.09.025     Document Type: Article

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