Rupture behavior and deformation localization of the Kunlunshan earthquake (Mw7.8) and their tectonic implications

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1361-1374

  Xu, Xi Wei ^a   Yu, Gui Hua ^a   Ma, Wen Tao ^a   Klinger, Yann ^b   Tapponnier, Paul ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Deformation localization; Earthquake surface rupture zone; Kunlunshan earthquake; Rupture behavior; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY;

DEFORMATION LOCALIZATION; EARTHQUAKE SURFACE RUPTURE ZONE; ELASTIC STRAIN; KUNLUNSHAN EARTHQUAKE; RUPTURE BEHAVIOR; SURFACE RUPTURES; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSTENSION;

ASIA; BAYAN HAR MOUNTAINS; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QAIDAM BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 52249118787     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0099-z     Document Type: Article

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