Slip rates and seismic moment deficits on major active faults in mainland China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Hui ^a,b   Liu, Mian ^b   Cao, Jianling ^a   Shen, Xuhui ^a   Zhang, Guomin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT ZONE; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL DATA;

CHINA;

EID: 79951487263     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007821     Document Type: Article

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