Focusing seismic energy along faults through time-variable rupture modes: Wenchuan earthquake, China

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 910-922

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Ghulam, Abduwasit ^b   Wang, Lu ^a,c   Liu, Jianguo ^d   Li, Zhongquan ^e   Chen, Xiao ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Longmenshan; neotectonics; PALSAR; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; LANDSLIDE; NEOTECTONICS; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; RUPTURE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78649949021     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-010-0144-7     Document Type: Article

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