Trenching exposures of the surface rupture of 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China: Implications for coseismic deformation and paleoseismology along the Central Longmen Shan thrust fault

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 825-843

  Li, Chuanyou ^a   Zheng, Wenjun ^a   Wang, Weitao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coseismic deformation; Longmen Shan fault; Paleoseismicity; Slip rate; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRENCH; UPLIFT;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 79551532376     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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