New techniques for stress-forecasting earthquakes

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 491-505

  Crampin, Stuart ^a   Chastin, Sebastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting earthquakes; Shear wave splitting; Stress; Stress monitoring sites

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ROCKS; SHEAR WAVES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRESS MONITORING SITES (SMS);

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0036754821     PISSN: 02533839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2002.9670725     Document Type: Article

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