Investigation of late Quaternary activity along the northern range-front fault, Longmenshan

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 710-722

  Chen, Li Chun ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Liu, Jin Feng ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Yang, Xiao Ping ^a   Ran, Yong Kang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active fault; Longmenshan; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; QUATERNARY;

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

EID: 60649083218     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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