Boundary conditions of the dynamic numerical model for the Chinese mainland lithosphere

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-154

  Zhang, Dong Ning ^a   Xu, Zhong Huai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Chinese mainland; Finite element; Movement rate; Stress field

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944377107     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-999-0019-0     Document Type: Article

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