The 16 August 2003 Chifeng earthquake: Is it a lower crust earthquake?

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-119

  Wei, Sheng Ji ^a   Ni, Si Dao ^a   Chong, Jia Jun ^a   Zheng, Yong ^b   Chen, Yong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Focal depth; Local waveform; Lower crust earthquake; Source mechanism; Teleseismic waveform

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND DATA; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; ROCK MECHANICS; STRENGTH; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHIFENG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 67649283815     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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