Moment inversion of moderate earthquakes and the locally perturbed stress field in the Jiashi source region

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 782-792

  Zhao, Cui Ping ^a   Chen, Zhang Li ^a   Zheng, Si Hua ^a   Zhang, Zhi Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Jiashi source region; Moderate earthquake; Moment inverse; Stress field

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; GPS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRESS FIELD; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIASHI; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 49149128896     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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