Analysis of seismic activity in the crust from earthquake relocation in the Central Tian Shan

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1308-1315

  Xu, Yi ^a   Roecker, Steven W ^b   Wei, Ruo Ping ^c   Zhang, Wen Lai ^c   Wei, Bin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Earthquake location; Source parameter; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 31444454477     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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