Torsional phenomena in 2008 great Wenchuan earthquake

Earthquake Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-85

  Yang, Fan ^a   Luo, Qifeng ^a   Che, Wei ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Eccentricity; Jiangyou; Torsional motion; Torsional phenomenon; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549091008     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-009-0077-3     Document Type: Article

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