Correlation of major earthquake sequences on the northern and eastern boundaries of the Bayan Har block, and its relation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 706-716

  Wen, Xue Ze ^a,b   Du, Fang ^b   Zhang, Pei Zhen ^c   Long, Feng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EarthquakeAdministration of Sichuan Province ^*  (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayan Har block; Boundary fault system; Major earthquake sequence; Tectonic dynamics; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CORRELATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; GPS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BAYAN HAR MOUNTAINS; CHINA; QINGHAI;

EID: 79957859791     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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