Cooperative earthquake research between the United States and the People's Republic of China

摘要: Cooperative research by scientists of the United States and People's Republic China (PRC) has resulted in important new findings concerning fundamental characteristics earthquakes insight into mitigating earthquake hazards. Much is being conducted under U.S. State Department Protocol for Scientific Technical Cooperation Earthquake Studies between PRC Seismological Bureau (SSB) Geological Survey National Science Foundation. Activities progress accomplished protocol will be subject two special sessions at 1985 AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco, Calif. A session tectonophysics emphasize cooperative activities prediction intraplate faulting, a seismology examine earth structure seismicity. delegation 20 from join their American colleagues presenting papers on research.