Evidence for a Tang-Song Dynasty great earthquake along the Longmen Shan Thrust Belt prior to the 2008 M w 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 615-628

  Lin, Aiming ^a   Ren, Zhikun ^a   Jia, Dong ^b   Miyairi, Yosuke ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake; Historical earthquake; Longmen Shan Thrust Belt; Tang Song Dynasty; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DENUDATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOLDING; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; THRUST;

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

EID: 77953719506     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-010-9186-7     Document Type: Article

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