Focal depths for moderate-sized aftershocks of the Wenchuan MS 8.0 earthquake and their implications

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1694-1702

  Zhang, Rui Qing ^a   Wu, Qing Ju ^a   Li, Yong Hua ^a   Ding, Zhi Feng ^a   Zeng, Rong Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; sPn phase; Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTHQUAKES; FOCUSING; PHASE SEPARATION; SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCKS; FOCAL DEPTHS; SICHUAN; SPN PHASE; THRUST FAULTS; TIME SEPARATIONS; WENCHUAN MS8.0 EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMOGRAM; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; QINGHAI; SHAANXI; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 57049128305     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0140-2     Document Type: Article

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