Fine seismic structure under the Longmenshan fault zone and the mechanism of the large Wenchuan earthquake

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Lei, Jian She ^a   Zhao, Da Peng ^b   Su, Jin Rong ^c   Zhang, Guang Wei ^a   Li, Feng ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province   (China)

^d Earthquake Administration of Hebei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Longmenshan fault zone; Seismic heterogeneities; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; HETEROGENEITY; P-WAVE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

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

EID: 67649227165     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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