Deep tectonic setting of the 2008 Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake in southwestern China - Joint analysis of teleseismic P-wave receiver functions and Bouguer gravity anomalies

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-179

  Lou, Hai ^a   Wang, Chun Yong ^a   Lü, Zhi Yong ^b   Yao, Zhi Xiang ^a   Dai, Shi Gu ^b   You, Hui Chuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Deptectonic setting; Longmenshan fault zone (LMFZ); Teleseismic receiver function; Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKES; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

BOUGUER GRAVITY ANOMALIES; BROADBAND SEISMIC STATIONS; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEPTECTONIC SETTING; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; JOINT ANALYSIS; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE (LMFZ); LOWER CRUSTS; LOWER DENSITIES; P VELOCITIES; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; RIGID MATERIALS; S VELOCITIES; S-WAVE VELOCITIES; S-WAVE VELOCITY STRUCTURES; SICHUAN BASINS; STRESS RELEASE; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TELESEISMIC; TELESEISMIC RECEIVER FUNCTION; THRUST MODES; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; VELOCITY STRUCTURES; WENCHUAN MS8.0 EARTHQUAKE;

VELOCITY;

ALGORITHM; BOUGUER ANOMALY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; LOWER CRUST; P-WAVE; PLATE BOUNDARY; S-WAVE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN; SONGPAN-GARZE FOLD BELT; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 59149089608     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0009-z     Document Type: Article

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