In-situ hydro-fracture stress measurement before and after the Wenchuan Ms8. 0 earthquake of China

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1395-1401

  Guo, Qi Liang ^a   Wang, Cheng Hu ^a   Ma, Hong Sheng ^b   Wang, Chong Gen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Sichuan Communications Department   (China)

^c China Railway Erju Group Corporation Survey and Design Institute CoLtd   (China)

Author keywords

After earthquake; Before earthquake; In situ stress measurement with hydrofracturing method; Longmenshan faults; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOOTWALL; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; IN SITU STRESS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

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

EID: 70350679163     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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