Microearthquake Seismology and Seismotectonics of South Asia

• Main Author: Kayal, J. R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Structural geology.; Geophysics.; Hydrogeology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Civil Engineering.; Structural Geology.

This volume is the outcome of about 30 years of research in the field of earthquake seismology in various parts of South Asia. It comprehensively deals with plate tectonics and seismic waves in general and earthquake monitoring by permanent and temporary networks for active fault mapping, aftershock...

Table of Contents:

• Earthquakes and Seismic Waves
• Microearthquake Recording and Data Analysis
• Dynamics of Faulting and Fault Plane Solution
• Himalayas, Pamir-Hindu Kush and Foredeep Region
• Northeast India, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Andaman-Sumatra Region
• Seismotectonics of Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.