The 2013 Lushan Ms 7.0 earthquake: Varied seismogenic structure from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-39

  Lichun, Chen ^a   Hu, Wang ^a   Yongkang, Ran ^a   Shengxue, Lei ^a   Xi, Li ^a   Fuyao, Wu ^a   Xingquan, Ma ^a   Chenglong, Liu ^a   Fei, Han ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEISMOLOGY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; LUSHAN [SICHUAN]; SICHUAN;

EID: 84893778188     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220130109     Document Type: Article

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