Surface rupture features of the 2010 Yushu earthquake and its tectonic implication

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-170

  Sun, Xin Zhe ^a   Xu, Xi Wei ^a   Chen, Li Chun ^a   Taan, Xi Bin ^a   Yu, Gui Hua ^a   Li, Zhi Min ^b   Su, Gui Wu ^a   Wang, Jig ^c   Zhang, Xiao Qing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Qinghai Prooince   (China)

^c Earthquake Risk Assessment Department   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake surface rupture zone; Escape tectonics; Ganz Yushu fault; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Yushu Earthquake

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRACK; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; RUPTURE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP; YUSHU EARTHQUAKE 2010;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUSHU;

EID: 84859313863     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/j.issn.0001-5733.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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