Spatial distribution of time-independent seismicity in China

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-119

  Qin, Changyuan ^a   Papadimitriou, E E ^a   Papazachos, B C ^a   Karakaisis, G F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

b value; China; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

GUTENBERG-RICHTER RELATIONSHIP; SEISMICITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033043810     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240050223     Document Type: Article

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