Modern tectonic stress field in the Chinese mainland inverted from focal mechanism solutions

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 390-397

  Du, Xing Xin ^a   Shao, Hui Cheng ^a  

^a Seismological Bureau of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Mean stress field; Stress direction; Tectonic movement character

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944378104     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-999-0078-2     Document Type: Article

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