The Lushan MS7.0 earthquake and activity of the southern segment of the Longmenshan fault zone

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 28-29, 2013, Pages 3475-3482

  Chen, LiChun ^a   Ran, YongKang ^a   Wang, Hu ^a   Li, YanBao ^a   Ma, XinQuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

active tectonics; Longmenshan fault zone; Lushan earthquake; paleoearthquake; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885641358     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-6009-6     Document Type: Article

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