Source mechanism of strong aftershocks (Ms≥5.6) of the 2008/05/12 Wenchuan earthquake and the implication for seismotectonics

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 739-753

  Zheng, Yong ^a,b   Ma, Hong Sheng ^b   Lü, Jian ^c   Ni, Si Dao ^d   Li, Ying Chun ^e   Wei, Sheng Ji ^b  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Earthquake Administration of Jiangxi Province   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF JIANGSU PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Cutand paste; Focal mechanism; Seismotectonics; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PATTERN; CRYSTALLINE BEDROCKS; CUTAND PASTE; FAULT SYSTEM; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAIN SHOCK; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMOGRAPH NETWORKS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE MECHANISMS; STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES; THRUST SLIP; WAVEFORM DATA; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

FOCUSING; SEISMOGRAPHS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOTECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 67649973867     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0074-3     Document Type: Article

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