Crustal P-wave velocity structure of the Longmenshan region and its tectonic implications for the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1386-1393

  Li, Zhi Wei ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Huang, Run Qiu ^b   Hao, Tian Yao ^a   Xu, Ya ^a   Liu, Jing Song ^a   Liu, Jian Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

crustal structure; Longmenshan orogenic belt; P wave velocity; travel time tomography; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELTS; P-WAVE VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENIC BELT; P-WAVE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRAIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 80052256999     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4177-2     Document Type: Article

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