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Yang, W., Chen, G. Y., Meng, L. Y., Zang, Y., Zhang, H. J., and Li, J. L. (2021). Determination of the local magnitudes of small earthquakes using a dense seismic array in the Changning−Zhaotong Shale Gas Field, Southern Sichuan Basin. Earth Planet. Phys., 5(6), 532–546. http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2021026
2021, 5(6): 532-546. doi: 10.26464/epp2021026
Determination of the local magnitudes of small earthquakes using a dense seismic array in the Changning−Zhaotong Shale Gas Field, Southern Sichuan Basin
1. | Laboratory of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China |
2. | National Geophysical Observatory at Mengcheng, University of Science and Technology of China, Mengcheng Anhui 233500, China |
3. | China Earthquake Networks Center, Beijing 100045, China |
With the development of unconventional shale gas in the southern Sichuan Basin, seismicity in the region has increased significantly in recent years. Though the existing sparse regional seismic stations can capture most earthquakes with
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