Applying the Coulomb failure function with an optimally oriented plane to the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake triggering

Tectonophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Xu, Caijun ^a   Wang, Jianjun ^a   Li, Zhenhong ^b   Drummond, Jane ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bam earthquake; Coulomb stress change; Optimally oriented plane; Stress triggering; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

BAM EARTHQUAKE; COULOMB FAILURE; COULOMB STRESS; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; PLANE STRESS; SOURCE FAULT; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STATIC STRESS; UNIFIED MODEL; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

MODEL CHECKING;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; BAM EARTHQUAKE 2003; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRESS CHANGE;

BAM; CHINA; IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN]; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 77955427840     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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