Focal mechanisms of the 2013 Mw 6.6 Lushan, China earthquake and high-resolution aftershock relocations

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-14

  Han, Libo ^a   Zeng, Xiangfang ^b   Jiang, Changsheng ^a   Ni, Sidao ^c   Zhang, Haijiang ^d   Long, Feng ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FOCAL MECHANISM;

CHINA; LUSHAN [SICHUAN]; SICHUAN;

EID: 84893811706     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220130083     Document Type: Article

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