Seismicity acceleration model and its application to several earthquake regions in China

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-45

  Yang, Wen Zheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Earthquake region; Fit; Seismicity acceleration model; Subcritical crack growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004704894     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-999-0005-6     Document Type: Article

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