Implications from the kinematic pattern of the Longmenshan region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 504, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Zhang, Keliang ^a,b   Wei, Dongping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Block model; Clustering analysis; Kinematics; The Longmenshan fault; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALTYN TAGH FAULT; BLOCK BOUNDARIES; BLOCK MODELS; BOUNDING FAULTS; CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; DEFORMATION PATTERN; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS DATA; GPS VELOCITY FIELD; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; KINEMATIC PATTERNS; KUNLUN FAULT; POTENTIAL FAULTS; RESIDUAL VELOCITY; RIGID BLOCK; RIGID ROTATION; SLIP RATES; THE LONGMENSHAN FAULT; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; XIANSHUIHE FAULT;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

BLOCK ROTATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODESY; GPS; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79955483733     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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