Features and tectonic implications of the northeasternmost surface rupture of wenchuan ms 8.0 earthquake on the central fault of longmenshan fault zone

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  An, Yan Fen ^a   Han, Zhu Jun ^a   Dong, Shao Peng ^a   Xu, Xi Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Qingchuan; Rupture(deformation) at tip portion; Surface rupture; The central fault; Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FISSURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LANDFORM; SEISMIC ZONE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA; PINGWU; QINSHUI BASIN; SHANXI; SICHUAN;

EID: 77953925819     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4967.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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