An algorithm of fault parameter determination using distribution of small earthquakes and parameters of regional stress field and its application to Tangshan earthquake sequence

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 793-804

  Wan, Yong Ge ^a,b   Shen, Zheng Kang ^b   Diao, Gui Ling ^c   Wang, Fu Chang ^a   Hu, Xin Liang ^c   Sheng, Shu Zhong ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Hebei Seismological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Fault plane solution; Least squares solution; Luanxian earthquake; Small earthquake clustering; Tangshan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT PLANE; FRACTURE ZONE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOLOGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; NINGHE; TANGSHAN; TIANJIN;

EID: 49149099502     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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