Coseismic reverse- and oblique-slip surface faulting generated by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-518

  Xu, Xiwei ^a   Wen, Xueze ^b   Yu, Guihua ^a   Chen, Guihua ^a   Klinger, Yann ^c   Hubbard, Judith ^d   Shaw, John ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC SURFACE RUPTURE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; SEISMIC PROFILES; SLIP SURFACES; SURFACE RUPTURES; THRUST BELTS; THRUST FAULTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; OBLIQUE FAULT; REVERSE FAULT; SLIP RATE; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; BEICHUAN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 69649086300     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25462A.1     Document Type: Article

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