Interseismic deformation across the Longmenshan fault zone before the 2008 M8.0 Wenchuan earthquake

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2729-2738

  Du, Fang ^a,b   Wen, Xue Ze ^b,c   Zhang, Pei Zhen ^a,d   Wang, Qing Liang ^c  

^a State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayan Har block; Fault locking; Interseismic deformation; Longmenshan fault zone; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ENERGY FLOW; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; SEISMOTECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRAIN RATE; UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 78649769801     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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