Influence of 2008 Wenchuan earthquake on earthquake occurrence trend of active faults in Sichuan-Yunnan region

Earthquake Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-469

  Cheng, Jia ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Gan, Weijun ^b   Li, Gang ^a  

^a CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active fault; Coseismic deformation; Earthquake occurrence trend; Sichuan Yunnan region; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949093079     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-009-0459-6     Document Type: Article

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