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Mandal & Pujol 2006
Mandal, P. and Pujol, J. (2006). Seismic imaging of the aftershock zone of the 2001 Mw 7.7 Bhuj earthquake, India. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2005GL025275. issn: 0094-8276.

Detailed seismic tomography reveals that the 2001 Mw 7.7 Bhuj earthquake was associated with a 10--14% increase in Vp and Vs and a 10% decrease in Vp/Vs in the 10 to 35 km depth range covering a 2750 km2 area beneath the aftershock zone. This anomaly could be attributed to the existence of a lithological heterogeneity or a pluton of mafic composition that might have intruded during the rifting in early Jurassic (~160 Ma). The Banni basin and the Wagad uplift are found to be associated with high velocity intrusive bodies extending from 5 to 35 km depth. A few patches of low Vp and Vs and high Vp/Vs between 10 to 30 km depth have also been detected on the causative 45¿ south dipping north Wagad fault (NWF) for the 2001 mainshock, which may be attributed to a fluid filled fractured rock matrix.

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Seismology, Earthquake dynamics, Seismology, Continental crust, Seismology, Computational seismology, Seismology, Tomography (6982, 8180), Seismology, Seismicity and tectonics (1207, 1217, 1240, 1242)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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