Seismogenic structures associated with the 20 April 2013 MS 7.0 Lushan earthquake, Sichuan province

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 671-683

  Li, Chuan You ^a   Xu, Xi Wei ^a   Gan, Wei Jun ^a   Wen, Xue Ze ^b,c   Zheng, Wen Jun ^a   Wei, Zhan Yu ^a   Xu, Chong ^a   Tan, Xi Bin ^a   Chen, Gui Hua ^a   Liang, Ming Jian ^c   Li, Xin Nan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Lushan MS 7.0 earthquake; Seismogenic structures; The d collement of the eastern Longmenshan; The Longmen Shan Fault zone

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FINITE FAULT MODELING; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURES; SICHUAN PROVINCE; SURFACE RUPTURES;

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

AFTERSHOCK; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; LIQUEFACTION; LUSHAN EARTHQUAKE 2013; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN;

EID: 84887507616     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4967.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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