Active tectonic blocks and strong earthquakes in the continent of China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue SUPP, 2003, Pages 13-24

  Zhang, Peizhen ^a,b   Deng, Qidong ^a   Zhang, Guomin ^b   Ma, Jin ^a,b   Gan, Weijun ^a,b   Min, Wei ^a   Mao, Fengying ^a   Wang, Qi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Active tectonic block; Differential movement; Interactions of blocks; Strong earthquake activity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN RATE; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

DIFFERENTIAL MOVEMENT; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESS ACCUMULATION; TECTONIC BLOCKS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; ROCK BLOCK; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2342583379     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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