Coulomb stress change and evolution induced by the 2008 wenchuan earthquake and its delayed triggering of the 2013 Mw 6.6 Lushan Earthquake

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-59

  Wang, Yanzhao ^a   Wang, Fan ^b   Wang, Min ^a   Shen, Zheng Kang ^c,e   Wan, Yongge ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL GEOMATICS CENTER OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF DISASTER PREVENTION   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRESS CHANGE;

CHINA; LUSHAN [SICHUAN]; SICHUAN;

EID: 84893713467     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220130111     Document Type: Article

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