Some aspects in static stress change calculation - Case study on Wenchuan earthquake

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-110

  Shi, Yao Lin ^a   Cao, Jian Ling ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coulomb failure stress; Earthquake trigger; Improved method; Potential seismicity

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHOCK WAVE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77953829729     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2010.011     Document Type: Article

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