Aseismic fault movement before the 1976 Tangshan earthquake detected by levelling: Implications for pre-seismic stress localization?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-82

  Zhao, Shaorong ^a   Takemoto, Shuzo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fault movement; Inversion; Levelling survey; Stress change; Tangshan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; LEVELING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 0032927892     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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