Paleoseismic study on active normal faults in the southeastern Weihe Graben, central China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-225

  Rao, Gang ^a,b   Lin, Aiming ^a   Yan, Bing ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1556 M 8.5 Huaxian earthquake; Great paleo earthquake; Normal fault; Ordos Block; Recurrence interval; Weihe Graben

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC HAZARD;

CHINA; HUAXIAN; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

EID: 84949623715     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.04.031     Document Type: Article

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