Earthquake focal mechanisms and stress field in Sichuan-Yunnan area determined using P wave polarity and short period P and S waveform data

Acta Seismologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 440-

  Chen, Tianchang ^a   Shigeki, Horiuchi ^b   Zheng, Sihua ^c  

^a Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province   (China)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Sichuan Yunnan area; Stress field

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039740184     PISSN: 02533782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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