Interpreting the style of faulting and paleoseismicity associated with the 1897 Shillong, northeast India, earthquake: Implications for regional tectonism

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Rajendran, C P ^a   Rajendran, Kusala ^a   Duarah, B P ^b   Baruah, S ^c   Earnest, Anil ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Faulting; Northeast India; Paleoseismology; Seismicity; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 8844252410     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001605     Document Type: Article

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