Fault parameters of the October 2008 Damxung Mw6. 3 earthquake from InSAR inversion and its tectonic implication

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1134-1142

  Feng, Wan Peng ^a   Xu, Li Sheng ^a   Li, Zhen Hong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damxung earthquake; InSAR inversion; Uncertainty; Yadong Gulu rift belt

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE; ENVISAT-1; RIFT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBSIDENCE;

CHINA; DAMXUNG; XIZANG;

EID: 78650118746     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.05     Document Type: Article

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