Influence of fault geometry and fault interaction on strain partitioning within western Sichuan and its adjacent region

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1056-1070

  Wang, Hui ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^c   Shen, Xu Hui ^a   Liu, Mian ^b   Li, Qing Song ^d   Shi, Yao Lin ^e   Zhang, Guo Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

^d LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

3D viscoelastoplastic model; Fault geometry; Longmenshan fault zone; Strain partitioning; Xianshuihe Xiaojiang fault zone

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; VISCO-ELASTO-PLASTIC MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STRAIN RATE;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 77954537258     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-3062-8     Document Type: Article

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