A re-assessment of the faulting in the 1967 Mogod earthquakes in Mongolia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 784-800

  Bayasgalan, A ^a   Jackson, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Faulting; Mongolia; Seismology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0032721169     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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