Deep structure beneath the southwestern section of the Longmenshan fault zone and seimogenetic context of the 4.20 Lushan MS7.0 earthquake

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 28-29, 2013, Pages 3467-3474

  Zhan, Yan ^a   Zhao, GuoZe ^a   Unsworth, Martyn ^b   Wang, LiFeng ^a   Chen, XiaoBin ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Xiao, QiBin ^a   Wang, JiJun ^a   Tang, Ji ^a   Cai, JunTao ^a   Wang, YanZhao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

deep structure; Longmenshan fault; Lushan earthquake; seismogenetic context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885570829     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-6013-x     Document Type: Article

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