The 20 April 2013 Lushan, Sichuan, mainshock, and its aftershock sequence: Tectonic implications

Earthquake Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-25

  Lei, Jianshe ^a   Zhang, Guangwei ^a   Xie, Furen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Aftershock sequence; Double difference algorithm; Lushan mainshock; Shovel shaped structure; Variable dip angle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894459564     PISSN: 16744519     EISSN: 18678777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11589-013-0045-9     Document Type: Article

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