Crustal structure and rheology of the Longmenshan and Wenchuan Mw 7.9 earthquake epicentral area from magnetotelluric data

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1139-1142

  Zhao, Guoze ^a   Unsworth, Martyn J ^b   Zhan, Yan ^a   Wang, Lifeng ^a   Chen, Xiaobin ^a   Jones, Alan G ^c   Tang, Ji ^a   Xiao, Qibin ^a   Wang, Jijun ^a   Cai, Juntao ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Wang, Yanzhao ^a   Zhang, Jihong ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^d EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SHANDONG PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED STRESS; CONVERGENCE RATES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU; EPICENTRAL AREA; FORELAND BASIN; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; LOW RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; SICHUAN BASIN; SLIP RATES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GEODYNAMICS; INVERSION LAYERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

EARTHQUAKES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FORELAND BASIN; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASIN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 84872145508     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33703.1     Document Type: Article

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