Numerical calculations of tectonic stress field of Chinese mainland and its neighboring regions and their applications to explanation of seismic activity

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-147

  Jiao, Ming Ruo ^a   Zhang, Guo Min ^a   Che, Shi ^a   Liu, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese mainland; Numerical simulation; Seismic activity; Tectonic stress field

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944391550     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-999-0018-1     Document Type: Article

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