Present-day tectonic movement in the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) plateau as revealed by earthquake activity

Acta Seismologica Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 480-481

  Xu, Zhonghuai ^a   Wang, Suyun ^a   Gao, Ajia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Northeastern Qinghai Xizang (Tibetan) plateau; Tectonic movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346485838     PISSN: 02533782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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