High-velocity frictional behavior of Longmenshan fault gouge from Hongkou outcrop and its implications for dynamic weakening of fault during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Earthquake Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-281

  Togo, Tetsuhiro ^a   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^b   Ma, Shengli ^b   Hirose, Takehiro ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beichuan fault; fault mechanics; high velocity friction; Longmenshan fault system; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960360773     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-011-0790-6     Document Type: Article

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