The 14 November 2001 Kokoxili (Tibet) earthquake: High-frequency seismic radiation originating from the transitions between sub-Rayleigh and supershear rupture velocity regimes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Vallee M ^a   Landes M ^b   Shapiro, N M ^b   Klinger, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; RAYLEIGH WAVE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLIP RATE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 51449105020     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005520     Document Type: Article

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