Historic seismicity near the source zone of the great 2008 Wenchuan earthquake: Implications for seismic hazards

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-118

  Chen, Wang Ping ^a,c   Hsu, Leslie ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Tibet; Historic seismicity; Longmen Shan thrust; Sichuan basin; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EASTERN TIBET; HISTORIC SEISMICITY; LONGMEN SHAN THRUST; SICHUAN BASIN; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

GEOPHYSICS; PHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC ZONE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN BASIN; XIZANG;

EID: 84872400516     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.035     Document Type: Article

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