Internal structure and permeability of Wenchuan earthquake fault

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1805-1816

  Chen, Jian Ye ^a   Yang, Xiao Song ^a   Dang, Jia Xiang ^a   He, Chang Rong ^a   Zhou, Yong Sheng ^a   Ma, Sheng Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake fault; High pressure fluid; Permeability; Thermal pressurization; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH PRESSURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMEABILITY; PROTOLITH; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLIP RATE;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 80051715525     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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