Precise relocation of small earthquakes occurred in North China and its tectonic implication

Acta Seismologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 699-714

  Zhang, Guangwei ^a   Lei, Jianshe ^a   Xie, Furen ^a   Guo, Yongxia ^a   Lan, Congxin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Beijing Municipality   (China)

Author keywords

Double difference location algorithm; North China region; Seismic zone; Small earthquake

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; PRECISION; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPPER CRUST;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 82155191481     PISSN: 02533782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-3782.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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