Gravity change detected by repeated absolute gravity measurements in the western Yunnan and Lhasa, China and its implication

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-100

  Wang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Wei Min ^a   Zhan, Jin Gang ^a   Hao, Xing Hua ^a   Wang, Hu Biao ^a   Xu, Hou Ze ^a  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Absolute gravity measurement; Gravity change; Lijiang earthquake; Plate collision; Qinghai Xizang plateau uplift

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; XIZANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 4143065970     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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