Structural analysis of the right-lateral strike-slip qingchuan fault, northeastern segment of the longmen shan thrust belt, central China

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 68, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 227-244

  Lin, Aiming ^a   Rao, Gang ^a,c   Yan, Bing ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2008 wenchuan earthquake; Longmen shan thrust belt; Qingchuan fault; Right lateral strike slip; Slip sense; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES; RIGHT-LATERAL STRIKE-SLIP; SLIP SENSE; THRUST BELTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 84907726204     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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