Investigation on widths of surface rupture zones of the M 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan Province, China

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 778-788

  Zhou, Qing ^a   Xu, Xi Wei ^a   Yu, Gui Hua ^a   Chen, Xian Cheng ^a   He, Hong Lin ^a   Yin, Gong Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake fault; Safety distance; Surface rupture zone; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING;

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

EID: 60649110916     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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