Lower-crustal earthquakes in the West Kunlun range

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Huang, Guo Chin Dino ^a   Roecker, Steven W ^b   Levin, Vadim ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND SEISMIC STATIONS; CENTROID MOMENT TENSORS; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; MOHO DEPTH; SEISMIC STATION; WEST KUNLUN;

EARTHQUAKES;

CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78751474266     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045893     Document Type: Article

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