Retrospective investigation of geophysical data possibly associated with the Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 421-427

  Huang, Qinghua ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent resistivity; Electric field; Magnetic field; Seismicity changes; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 79955469783     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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