Paleoseismology and kinematic characteristics of the Xiaoyudong rupture, a short but significant strange segment characterized by the May 12, 2008, Mw 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan, China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-101

  Chen, Li chun ^a   Ran, Yong kang ^a   Wang, Hu ^a   Shi, Xiang ^a   Liu, Rui chun ^b   Dong, Shao peng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Shanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Active fault; Paleoearthquake; The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake; Xiaoyudong rupture

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT KINEMATICS; KINEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS; MINOR COMPONENTS; MULTIPLE FAULTS; PALEOEARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; RUPTURE PROCESS; SICHUAN , CHINA; SLIP RATES; SURFACE RUPTURES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST SYSTEMS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; XIAOYUDONG RUPTURE;

EARTHQUAKES; KINEMATICS;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84872405474     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.030     Document Type: Article

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