Contrast of rhealogy in the crust and mantle near Moho revealed by depth variation of earthquake mechanism in continental China

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 359-365

  Shi, Yaolin ^a   Zhu, Shoubiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake mechanism; Lithosphere; Lower crust; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; MOHO; RHEOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 0344514093     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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