Depth segmentation of the seismogenic continental crust: The 2008 and 2009 Qaidam earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Elliott, J R ^a   Parsons, B ^a   Jackson, J A ^b   Shan, X ^c   Sloan, R A ^b   Walker, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; RADAR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BAM EARTHQUAKE; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; FAULT SEGMENTATION; JACKSON; SATELLITE RADAR; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMOGENIC LAYERS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUST; DEPTH; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 79953216680     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046897     Document Type: Article

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