Coseismic surface-ruptures and crustal deformations of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake MW 7.9, China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Hao, Ken Xiansheng ^a   Si, Hongjun ^b   Fujiwara, Hiroyuki ^a   Ozawa, Taku ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; FAULT RUPTURES; FAULT ZONE; FAULT-SLIP MODEL; FIELD INVESTIGATION; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; IRREGULAR SURFACE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE FAULTS; THRUST FAULTS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

DEFORMATION;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT ZONE; RUPTURE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TOPOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 68949117519     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037971     Document Type: Article

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