Intermediate-depth earthquakes beneath the Pamir-Hindu Kush region: Evidence for collision between two opposite subduction zones

Earthquake Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-665

  Lou, Xiaoting ^a   Cai, Chen ^a   Yu, Chunquan ^a   Ning, Jieyuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental dynamics; Earthquake relocation; Intermediate seismic zone; Pamir Hindu Kush

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349091509     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-009-0659-0     Document Type: Article

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