Preliminary research to determine stress districts from focal mechanism solutions in Southwest China and its adjacent area

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 562-572

  Cui, Xiao Feng ^a   Xie, Fu Ren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Inversion; Southwest China; Stress district

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344261811     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-999-0056-8     Document Type: Article

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