3D modeling of earthquake cycles of the Xianshuihe fault, southwestern China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 205-212

  Li, Xiao Fan ^a,b   Shibazaki, Bunichiro ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHN Earthquake Networks Center   (China)

^c BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake cycle; Rate and state dependent friction law; The Xianshuihe fault

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE;

EID: 84907542941     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.08.040     Document Type: Article

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