Seismic relocation, focal mechanism and crustal seismic anisotropy associated with the 2010 Yushu M S7.1 earthquake and its aftershocks

Earthquake Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-119

  Zhao, Bo ^a,b   Shi, Yutao ^b   Gao, Yuan ^b  

^a CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

double difference algorithm; focal mechanism; shear wave splitting; stress; Yushu earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863370967     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-012-0837-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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