A study on present-day tectonic stress in the Southern Yellow Sea and East China Sea region

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Xu, Zhong Huai ^a   Wu, Shao W U ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF JIANGSU PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Borehole breakouts; East China Sea; Southern Yellow Sea; Tectonic stress

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; IN SITU STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031398358     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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