Variations of shear wave splitting in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake region

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1712-1716

  Ding, Zhi Feng ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Zhou, Xiao Feng ^a   Li, Gui Yin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal stress; Shear wave splitting; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC WAVES; POLARIZATION; SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK ZONES; CRUSTAL STRESS; CRUSTAL STRESSES; DELAY TIMES; FAULT ZONES; LOCAL STRESSES; MAIN SHOCKS; POLARIZATION DIRECTIONS; SEISMIC RECORDINGS; SEISMIC SHEARS; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SICHUAN BASINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; TIME- DELAYS; VARIATIONS OF; WAVE PARTICLES; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES;

SHEAR WAVES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT ZONE; POLARIZATION; S-WAVE; STRESS FIELD; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 57049144361     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0141-1     Document Type: Article

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