Nucleation of earthquakes and its implication to precursors

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 224-233

  Li, Shi Yu ^a,c   Teng, Chun Kai ^b   Lu, Zhen Ye ^c   Liu, Xiao Hong ^a,c   Liu, Qi Liang ^a,c   He, Xue Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Damage; Earthquake precursors; Microcracks; Nucleation of earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142680181     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-000-0014-y     Document Type: Article

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