Structures and high-velocity frictional properties of the Pingxi fault zone in the Longmenshan fault system, Sichuan, China, activated during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 599, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-156

  Yao, Lu ^a   Ma, Shengli ^a   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^a   Togo, Tetsuhiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fault zone structures; Fracture energy; High velocity friction; Longmenshan fault system; Pingxi fault; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES; COSEISMIC SURFACE RUPTURE; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; HIGH-VELOCITY FRICTIONS; LONGMENSHAN FAULTS; PINGXI FAULT; SEISMIC FAULT MOTIONS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRICTION; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRIBOLOGY; VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GOUGE; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURE; FRICTION; OUTCROP; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP; STRESS FIELD;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 84878546408     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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