Remotely triggered seismicity in continental china following the 2008 mw 7.9 wenchuan earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 5 B, 2010, Pages 2574-2589

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

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BEFORE AND AFTER; COASTAL LINE; DYNAMIC TRIGGERING; FAULT ZONE; HIGH-PASS; MAINSHOCK; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; NORTHEAST CHINA; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SEISMIC ENERGY; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; TAN LU FAULT ZONE; THREE-COMPONENT; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; WEST CHINA;

HIGH PASS FILTERS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA;

EID: 78149476407     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090286     Document Type: Article

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