Surface deformation in the Chengdu plain area produced by the Wenchuan Ms8. 0 earthquake of 12 may 2008, Sichuan, China

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2527-2537

  Yang, Xiao Ping ^a   Li, An ^a   Liu, Bao Jin ^b   Feng, Shao Ying ^b   Chen, Xian Cheng ^a   Shi, Jin Hu ^b   Kou, Kun Peng ^b   Guo, Xin Jing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chengdu plain; Longmen Shan; Nappe structure; Surface rupture by earthquake

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; NAPPE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; UPLIFT;

CHENGDU; CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN;

EID: 76749137579     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issa.0001-5733.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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