Contrasting seismicity between the north China and south China blocks: Kinematics and geodynamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Liu, Mian ^a   Yang, Youqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

GEODYNAMICS; SEISMICITY; STRAIN ACCUMULATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; WORLD;

EID: 25844433661     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023048     Document Type: Article

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