Evolution of cumulative Coulomb failure stress in northeastern Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau and its effect on large earthquake occurrence

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-132

  Wan, Yong Ge ^a,b   Shen, Zheng Kang ^a,c   Zeng, Yue Hua ^d   Sheng, Shu Zhong ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF DISASTER PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cumulative Coulomb stress change; Earthquake triggering; Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547159408     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-007-0117-9     Document Type: Article

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