Seismic triggering and the aftershock distribution of the Wenchuan M8.0 earthquake

Earthquake

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Hua, Wei ^a,b   Chen, Zhang Li ^a   Li, Zhi Xiong ^a   Zhao, Cui Ping ^a   Wang, Qin Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Seismological Bureau of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Aftershock activity; Coulomb failure static stress changes; Seismic triggering; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; FAULT; SEGMENTATION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 67649199026     PISSN: 10003274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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