Crustal deformation in western Sichuan region and implications for 12 May 2008 Ms 8.0 earthquake

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Meng, Guo Jie ^a   Ren, Jin Wei ^a   Wang, Min ^b   Gan, Wei Jun ^b   Wang, Qi ^a   Qiao, Xue Jun ^a   Yang, Yong Lin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; GPS; Strain accumulation; Western sichuan

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049102816     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002144     Document Type: Article

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