Great earthquakes in the 21st century and geodynamics of the Tibetan Plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Zhang, Pei Zhen ^a   Engdahl, Eric Robert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake disaster reduction; Geodynamics; Tibetan Plateau; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872408125     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.11.001     Document Type: Editorial

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