Source parameter determination of 2010 Taikang MS4.6 earthquake sequences

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2973-2981

  Han, Li Bo ^a   Jiang, Chang Sheng ^a   Bao, Feng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Focal depth; Focal mechanism; Relative earthquake location

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FOCAL DEPTH; FOCAL MECHANISM; INVERSION RESULTS; RELATIVE LOCATION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPATIAL ORIENTATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

CHINA; HENAN; TAIKANG;

EID: 84880816733     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/j.issn.0001-5733.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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