A synthetic seismicity model for the Xianshuihe fault, southwestern China: Simulation using a rate- and state-dependent friction law

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 286-300

  Kato, Naoyuki ^a   Lei, Xinglin ^b,d   Wen, Xueze ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Earthquake source mechanism; Seismic modelling; Seismicity; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE;

EID: 34147100189     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03313.x     Document Type: Article

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