Slip-partitioned surface breaks for the Mw 7.8 2001 Kokoxili earthquake, China

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 731-738

  King, Geoffrey ^a   Klinger, Yann ^a   Bowman, David ^b   Tapponnier, Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VECTORS;

CHINA; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SURFACE FAULTS; SURFACE RUPTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20444412647     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120040101     Document Type: Article

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