The October 6, 2008 Mw 6.3 magnitude Damxung earthquake, Yadong-Gulu rift, Tibet, and implications for present-day crustal deformation within Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-957

  Wu, Zhong hai ^a   Ye, Pei sheng ^a   Barosh, Patrick J ^b   Wu, Zhen han ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b PJ Barosh and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Damxung earthquake; Tibet; Tibetan eastward extrusion; Wenchuan earthquake: Normal faulting; Yadong Gulu rift

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; XIZANG; YADONG;

EID: 79551550739     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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