Characteristics of strong earthquake evolution around the eastern boundary faults of the Sichuan-Yunnan rhombic block

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1716-1729

  Cheng, Jia ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^a   Gan, Wei Jun ^b   Yu, Huai Zhong ^a   Li, Gang ^a  

^a CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

characteristic earthquake; earthquake Interaction; eastern boundary faults of Sichuan Yunnan rhombic block; fault segment; Impending Earthquake Risk; recurrence period

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC EARTHQUAKE; EASTERN BOUNDARY FAULTS OF SICHUAN-YUNNAN RHOMBIC BLOCK; FAULT SEGMENT; IMPENDING EARTHQUAKE RISK; RECURRENCE PERIOD;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; GPS; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SLIP RATE; STRONG MOTION;

CHINA; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 80255123345     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4290-2     Document Type: Article

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