Recurrence of paleoearthquakes on the southeastern segment of the Ganzi-Yushu Fault, central Tibetan Plateau

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-172

  Li, An ^a   Shi, Feng ^a   Yang, XiaoPing ^a   Xu, XiWei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

clustering; Ganzi Yushu Fault; paleoearthquake; recurrence

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; NATURAL SCIENCES;

CENTRAL TIBETAN PLATEAU; CLUSTERING; FAULT SCARP; HISTORICAL RECORDS; PALEOEARTHQUAKE; RECURRENCE; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; TRENCH EXCAVATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT ZONE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PERIODICITY; SEISMICITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84873123007     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4540-y     Document Type: Article

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