Asperity of the 2013 Lushan earthquake in the eastern margin of tibetan plateau from seismic tomography and aftershock relocation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2016-2022

  Li, Zhiwei ^a   Tian, Baofeng ^a,b   Liu, Sha ^b   Yang, Jiansi ^b  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Seismic tomography; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK DISTRIBUTIONS; CONCENTRATED STRESS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; ARRIVAL TIME; ASPERITY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; JIANGXI; LUSHAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 84887557837     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt370     Document Type: Article

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