Relationships between surface ruptures and lithologie characteristics of the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-139

  Wang, Ping ^a   Fu, Bi Hong ^b   Zhang, Bin ^a   Kong, Ping ^b   Wang, Gang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flexible rock layers; Slip surface; Surface rupture zone; Upper Triassic Xujiahe formation

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DETRITUS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; LITHOLOGY; SHALE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TRIASSIC;

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

EID: 62749162786     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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