The M5.0 Suining-Tongnan (China) earthquake of 31 January 2010: A destructive earthquake occurring in sedimentary cover

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 521-525

  Luo, Yan ^a   Ni, SiDao ^b   Zeng, XiangFang ^c   Xie, Jun ^c   Chen, Yong ^c   Long, Feng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

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

Author keywords

Damaging earthquake; Sedimentary cover; Suining Tongnan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952049997     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4276-2     Document Type: Article

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