Determination of earthquake epicentroids by inversion of gravity variation data in the BTTZ region, China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 312, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 267-281

  Kuo, J T ^a   Zheng, J H ^b   Song, S H ^b   Liu, K R ^b  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Epicentroid; Gravity variation; Hypocentroid; Inversion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; GRAVITY ANOMALY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0033527832     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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