Prilimary result of temperature distribution and associated thermal stress in crust in Tianshui, China

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 641-655

  Liu, Yao Wei ^a,b   Gao, An Tai ^b   Shi, Jin ^b   Su, He Jun ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crust structure; Earthquake; Geothermal field; Numerical simulation; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949135382     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-007-0641-7     Document Type: Article

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