Characteristics of the surface rupture zone of the MS8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, China along the segment north to Beichuan

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 683-696

  Li, Chuan You ^a   Ye, Jian Qing ^b   Xie, Fu Ren ^c   Zheng, Wen Jun ^a   Han, Yong Bing ^b   Liu, Yu Fa ^d   Wang, Wei Tao ^a   Wei, Zhan Yu ^a   Zhao, Dong ^b   Ma, Bao Qi ^c   Ren, Jun Jie ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Zhejiang Province   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Coseismic displacement; MS8.0 Wenchuan earthquake; Surface rupture; Thrusting dextral strike slip

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 60649088518     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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