The background of historical and modern seismic activities of the occurrence of the 2008 Ms8. 0 Wenchuan, Sichuan, earthquake

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 444-454

  Wen, Xue Ze ^a,b   Zhang, Pei Zhen ^c   Du, Fang ^b   Long, Feng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern bayan har block boundary; Historical and modern seismicity; Longmenshan fault zone; Seismic gap; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

BELT; FAULT ZONE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

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

EID: 67649236229     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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