Analysis of seismic activity in the crust from earthquake relocation in the central Tien Shan

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 737-744

  Xu, Yi ^a   Roecker, Steve W ^b   Wei, Ruoping ^c   Zhang, Wenlai ^c   Wei, Bing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; BUOYANCY; EARTHQUAKES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TECTONICS;

BRITTLE FAILURE; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MANTLE UPWELLING; SEISMIC ACTIVITY;

SEISMIC WAVES;

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 33645756055     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120030220     Document Type: Article

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