Inversion of stress field in Guangdong and its adjacent area

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Kang, Ying ^a   Yang, Xuan ^a   Chen, Xing ^a   Chen, Gui Mei ^a   Zheng, Si Hua ^b  

^a Seismological Bureau of Guangdong Province   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Mean stress field; Stress tensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 49449116575     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-008-0058-y     Document Type: Article

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