Viscoelastic triggering among large earthquakes along the East Kunlun fault system

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 786-795

  Shen, Zhengkang ^a,b   Wan, Yongge ^a,c   Gan, Weijun ^a   Zeng, Yuehua ^d   Ren, Qun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF DISASTER PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

East Kunlun fault system; Large earthquakes; Stress transfer; Stress triggering; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT ZONE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 2342438955     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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