Application of the stress evolutionary model along the Xiaojiang fault zone in Yunnan Province, Southeast China

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 577-593

  Paradisopoulou, Parthena M ^a   Garlaouni, Charikleia G ^a   Jin, Xueshen ^b   Papadimitriou, Eleftheria E ^a   Karakostas, Vasileios G ^a   Yang, Jialiang ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Seismological Bureau of Hebei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Coulomb stress; Historical earthquakes; Seismichazard

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

COSEISMIC SLIP; COULOMB STRESS; XIAOJIANG FAULT ZONE;

EARTHQUAKES;

COULOMB CRITERION; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE; STRESS CHANGE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIAOJIANG BASIN; YUNNAN;

EID: 34748817993     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-007-0028-0     Document Type: Article

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