Average slip rate, earthquake rupturing segmentation and recurrence behavior on the Litang fault zone, western Sichuan Province, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1183-1196

  Xu, Xiwei ^a   Wen, Xueze ^b   Yu, Guihua ^a   Zheng, Rongzhang ^a   Luo, Haiyuan ^b   Zheng, Bin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake rupturing segmentation; Litang fault zone; Recurrence interval; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURING SEGMENTATION; LITANG FAULT ZONE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SLIP RATE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEGMENTATION; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LITANG FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 33746329317     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yd0072     Document Type: Article

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