Contemporary tectonic stress field in China

Earthquake Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-386

  Wan, Yongge ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DISASTER PREVENTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Stress measurement; Tectonic stress field

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955523505     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-010-0735-5     Document Type: Article

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