Crustal structure beneath the Xingtai earthquake area in North China and its tectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-319

  Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Zhang, Xian Kang ^b   Lin, Zhong Yang ^a   Wu, Qing Ju ^a   Zhang, Yu Shen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Deep reflection; Xingtai earthquakes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY; XINGTAI EARTHQUAKE 1966;

CHINA, HEBEI PROVINCE, XINGTAI;

EID: 0043044850     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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