Stress state and major-earthquake risk on the southern segment of the Longmen Shan fault zone

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1112-1120

  Yi, Gui Xi ^a,b   Wen, Xue Ze ^a,c   Xin, Hua ^a   Qiao, Hui Zhen ^a   Wang, Si Wei ^a   Gong, Yue ^a  

^a EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent stress; B value; Major earthquake risk; Relative stress level; Southern segment of Longmen Shan fault zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES;

APPARENT STRESS; B VALUE; EARTHQUAKE RISK; FAULT ZONE; STRESS LEVELS;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT ZONE; RISK FACTOR; SEISMIC DATA; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84878892127     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20130407     Document Type: Article

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