GPS constrained coseismic source and slip distribution of the 2013 Mw6.6 Lushan, China, earthquake and its tectonic implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 407-413

  Jiang, Zaisen ^a   Wang, Min ^b   Wang, Yanzhao ^b   Wu, Yanqiang ^a   Che, Shi ^a   Shen, Zheng Kang ^c   Bürgmann, Roland ^d   Sun, Jianbao ^b   Yang, Yonglin ^e   Liao, Hua ^e   Li, Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Sichuan Earthquake Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Coseismic displacement; Deformation mechanism; GPS; Longmen Shan fault; Lushan earthquake; Slip distribution

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; DEFORMATION FIELD; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; THRUST FAULTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; FAULT PROPAGATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GPS; LUSHAN EARTHQUAKE 2013; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA; LUSHAN [TAIWAN]; TAIWAN;

EID: 84892455762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058812     Document Type: Article

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