Source process of the 1990 Gonghe, China, earthquake and tectonic stress field in the Northeastern Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) plateau

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 697-715

  Chen, Y T ^a   Xu, L S ^a   Li, X ^a   Zhao, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Moment tensor; Qinghai xizang (tibetan) plateau; Source process; Tectonic stress field

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS; GONGHE EARTHQUAKE 1990; MOMENT TENSOR; SOURCE PROCESS; STRESS FIELD;

CHINA, QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU, GONGHE;

EID: 0029772136     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00874741     Document Type: Article

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