Relocations of Lushan, Sichuan strong earthquake (MS7.0) and its aftershocks

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1764-1771

  Zhang, Guang Wei ^a   Lei, Jian She ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Double difference relocation algorithm; Lushan mainshock; Shovel shaped structure

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SHOVELS;

2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES; AFTERSHOCKS; DOUBLE DIFFERENCES; FAULT PLANES; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; MAINSHOCK; SHAPED STRUCTURES; STRONG EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 84880464341     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: 08989591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6038/cjg20130534     Document Type: Article

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