Active tectonics and intracontinental earthquakes in China: The kinematics and geodynamics

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 425, Issue , 2007, Pages 299-318

  Liu, Mian ^a   Yang, Youqing ^a   Shen, Zhengkang ^b   Wang, Shimin ^a   Wang, Min ^c   Wan, Yongge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d School of Disaster Prevention Techniques   (China)

Author keywords

China; Earthquakes; Geodynamics; GPS; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; MODELS; TECTONICS;

CHINA; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; INTRACONTINENTAL EARTHQUAKE; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; SINO-KOREAN CRATON; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; TECTONIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

GEODYNAMICS;

ACTIVE MARGIN; ARCHEAN; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; HETEROGENEITY; MESOZOIC; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUATERNARY; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 69549110707     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2425(19)     Document Type: Article

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