Coseismic horizontal shortening associated with the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake along the Baishahe segment from high resolution satellite images

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 164-170

  Shi, Feng ^a   He, Hong Lin ^a   Wei, Zhan Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coseismic horizontal shortening; Image contrast; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84859000589     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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