Deep slip rates along the Longmen Shan fault zone estimated from repeating microearthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Li, Le ^a,b   Chen, Qi Fu ^a   Niu, Fenglin ^b   Su, Jinrong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULTING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; S-WAVE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAM; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 80053339488     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008406     Document Type: Article

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