Newly found surface rupture remains of large historical earthquakes on and near the transition segment of the anninghe and zemuhe fault zones, western Sichuan, China

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 826-833

  Wen, Xue Ze ^a   Ma, Sheng Li ^a,b   Lei, Xing Lin ^b,c   Nishizawa, Yasuto ^c   Kiguchi, Tsutomu ^c   Chen, Qu ^d  

^a EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d OYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anninghe Fault zone; Large historical earthquakes; Sichuan; Surface rupture remains; Zemuhe Fault zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249106310     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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