Along-strike variation of the frontal zone structural geometry of the Central Longmen Shan thrust belt revealed by seismic reflection profiles

Tectonophysics

Volumn 580, Issue , 2012, Pages 178-191

  Lu, Renqi ^a,c   He, Dengfa ^b   Suppe, John ^c   Ma, Yongsheng ^d   Liu, Bo ^a   Chen, Yuegau ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

3 D fault geometry; Co seismic fault; Longmen shan; Pengguan fault; Seismic interpretation; Surface ruptures

Indexed keywords

CO-SEISMIC FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; LONGMEN SHAN; PENGGUAN FAULT; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SURFACE RUPTURES;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMETRY; SEISMIC WAVES;

FAULTING;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; OROGENY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; THRUST FAULT;

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

EID: 84872262524     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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