Irregular earthquake cycle along the southern Tianshan front Aksu area, China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Hubert Ferrari, Aurélia ^a,b   Suppe, John ^b   Van Der Woerd, Jerome ^c   Wang, Xin ^d   Lu, Huafu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UMR 7063   (France)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMICITY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 24644500707     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002603     Document Type: Article

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