Hypocentral location and source mechanism of the MS7.0 Lushan earthquake sequence

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1753-1763

  Lü, Jian ^a   Wang, Xiao Shan ^b   Su, Jin Rong ^c   Pan, Lin Shan ^d   Li, Zheng ^a   Yin, Li Wen ^e   Zeng, Xin Fu ^a   Deng, Hui ^a  

^a Earthquake Administration of Jiangxi Province   (China)

^b Earthquake Administration of Hebei Province   (China)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^d Earthquake Administration of Henan Province   (China)

^e HEBEI UNITED UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Focal mechanism; Hypocentral location; Longmenshan faults; Lushan earthquake; Seismogenic structure

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; STRESSES;

EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; HYPOCENTRAL LOCATIONS; LONGMENSHAN FAULTS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; RUPTURE PROPERTIES; SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 84880460867     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20130533     Document Type: Article

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