Remotely triggered seismicity in north China following the 2008 M w 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 893-898

  Peng, Zhigang ^a   Wang, Weijun ^b   Chen, Qi Fu ^b   Jiang, Tao ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic triggering; Earthquake interaction; The 2008 wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

CHINA;

EID: 78149473434     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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