Deformation feature of active fault and recurrence intervals estimation of large earthquake

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1968-1991

  Li, Hai Bing ^a   Si, Jia Liang ^a   Pan, Jia Wei ^a   Qiu, Zhu Li ^a   Sun, Zhi Ming ^b   Pei, Jun Ling ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Active fault; Characteristic earthquake; Deformation feature; Recurrence intervals; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881339276     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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