Evidence for anthropogenic surface loading as trigger mechanism of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1439-1447

  Klose, Christian D ^a  

^a Think Geohazards   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Geoengineering; Geomechanics; Gravitation; Seismology; Sun Moon; Tides; Triggered Earthquakes; Water Reservoir

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC SLIPS; COULOMB FAILURE STRESS; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; GEOENGINEERING; MAINSHOCK; MINJIANG RIVER; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; STATE-DEPENDENT; STATIC STRESS; STRESS PERTURBATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; SURFACE LOADING; TECTONIC LOADING; THRUST FAULTS; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TRIGGERING STRESS; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

CLOCKS; FAULTING; GEOMECHANICS; GRAVITATION; LOADING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEISMOLOGY; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GEOMECHANICS; LOADING; SEISMOLOGY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP; SOLAR TIDE; THRUST FAULT; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; FUJIAN; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; MINJIANG VALLEY;

EID: 84862262731     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1355-7     Document Type: Article

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