Relationship between characteristics of gravity and magnetic anomalies and the earthquakes in the Longmenshan range and adjacent areas

Tectonophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 218-229

  Zhang, Jisheng ^a   Gao, Rui ^a   Zeng, Lingsen ^a   Li, Qiusheng ^a   Guan, Ye ^a   He, Rizheng ^a   Wang, Haiyan ^a   Lu, Zhanwu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Density model; Gravity anomaly; Longmenshan fault zone; Magnetic anomaly; Magnetic model; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MODELS; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC MODELS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EARTHQUAKES; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; TECTONICS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

AFTERSHOCK; BLOCK ROTATION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77955414630     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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