The April 14th, 2010 Yushu earthquake, a devastating earthquake with foreshocks

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 791-793

  Ni, Si Dao ^a   Wang, Wei Tao ^b   Li, Li ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FORESHOCK; YUSHU EARTHQUAKE 2010;

CHINA; QINGHAI; XIZANG; YUSHU;

EID: 77953363921     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0083-2     Document Type: Article

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