Possible causes of 12 may 2008 wenchuan earthquake at Longmen shan collision front, western sichuan province, Central China

Indian Minerals

Volumn 62, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 213-222

  Ghosh, D ^a   Mishra, O P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Longmen shan collision front; Stress; Tectonic deformation pattern; Tibetan crust; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENTS; EASTERN EDGE; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; FAULT SYSTEM; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; MOUNTAIN BELTS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SICHUAN PROVINCE; SUB-SURFACES; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TIBETAN CRUST; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; WESTERN SICHUAN; WESTERN SICHUAN BASIN;

DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; CHANNEL FLOW; COLLISION ZONE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DENUDATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; HETEROGENEITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLATEAU; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRESS RESISTANCE; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 77951783257     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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