Crustal structures in the area of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake from seismologic and gravimetric data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 205-210

  Robert, A ^a   Zhu, J ^b   Vergne, J ^c   Cattin, R ^d   Chan, L S ^e   Wittlinger, G ^c   Herquel, G ^c   de Sigoyer, J ^a   Pubellier, M ^a   Zhu, L D ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crustal structures; Gravity modelling; Longmen Shan; Receiver functions

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS;

2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVIMETRIC DATA; GRAVITY MODELLING; LONGMEN SHAN; NATURAL DISASTERS IN CHINAS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; GRAVITY ANOMALY; NATURAL DISASTER; SEISMIC METHOD; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

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

EID: 77955426093     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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