Coseismic slip distribution of the 2008 Wenchuan great earthquake constrained using GPS coseismic displacement field

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2519-2526

  Wang, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coseismic displacement; GPS; Slip distribution; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DIP-SLIP FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT SLIP; GPS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; SICHUAN; YINGXIU;

EID: 76749148574     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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