Spatial distribution and focal mechanism solutions of the Wenchuan earthquake series: Results and implications

Earthquake Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-125

  Cai, Chen ^a   Yu, Chunquan ^a,b   Tao, Kai ^a   Hu, Xingping ^c   Tian, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Cui, Xiaofeng ^c   Ning, Jieyuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

focal mechanism solution; relocation; seismotectonics; stress state; Wenchuan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952561206     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-011-0775-5     Document Type: Article

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