Implication of fault interaction to seismic hazard assessment in Sichuan-Yunnan provinces of southeastern China

Acta Seismologica Sinica English Edition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-201

  Gkarlaouni, Ch ^a   Papadimitriou, E E ^a   Karakostas, V G ^a   Wen, Xue Ze ^b   Jin, Xue Shen ^c   Kilias, A ^a   Pan, Hua ^d   Yang, Jia Liang ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^c Earthquake Administration of Hebei Province   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coulomb stress changes; Fault segmentation; Seismic hazard assessment; Strong earthquakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049101786     PISSN: 10009116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-008-0009-7     Document Type: Article

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