Slip rate along the Lijiang-Ninglang fault zone estimated from repeating microearthquakes

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 447-455

  Li, Le ^a   Chen, Qifu ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^a,b   Fu, Hong ^c   Liu, Ruifeng ^d   Hou, Yanyan ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF YUNNAN PROVINCE   (China)

^d CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Fault slip rate; Lijiang Ninglang fault zone; Repeating earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449106314     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0406-2     Document Type: Article

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