The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and earthquake prediction in China

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5 B, 2010, Pages 2840-2857

  Chen, Qi Fu ^a   Wang, Kelin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DESIGN PROVISIONS; DESIGN STANDARD; EARTHQUAKE DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORESHOCK SEQUENCES; MONITORING NETWORK; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RISK MITIGATION; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DESIGN; DISASTER PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN;

FORECASTING;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORESHOCK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; HEBEI; SICHUAN; TANGSHAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 78149476406     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090314     Document Type: Article

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