Tectonic stress regime and stress patterns from the inversion of earthquake focal mechanisms in NW Himalaya and surrounding regions

Because the impact of earthquake effects can extend over great distances from their origin, stress field inversion was performed for 440 earthquake focal mechanisms from the northwest Himalayas and surrounding regions compiled from the data bulletins of international seismological institutions. Eart...

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Main Authors: Sherif M. Ali, Kamal Abdelrahman, Naif Al-Otaibi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
Subjects:
ISC
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721000124