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Holocene Tectonic Movements and Earthquakes

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The Making of India

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The Indian plate is moving towards mainland Asia at a rate of 58 ± 4 mm/year (Freymueller et al. 1996). A recent analysis of the velocity of a GPS station at Bangalore relative to Asia (Fig. 25.1) suggests 5–7 mm/year (14 %) slower rate (Paul et al. in Geophys Res Lett 28:647–650, 2001) than the rates inferred from NUVEL-IA (DeMets et al. in Geophys Res Lett 21:2191–2194, 1994).

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Valdiya, K.S. (2016). Holocene Tectonic Movements and Earthquakes. In: The Making of India . Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25029-8_25

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