Long-term temperature records following the Mw 7.9 Wenchuan (China) earthquake are consistent with low friction

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-166

  Li, Haibing ^a   Xue, Lian ^b   Brodsky, Emily E ^b   Mori, James J ^c   Fulton, Patrick M ^b   Wang, Huan ^a   Kano, Yasuyuki ^c   Yun, Kun ^a   Harris, Robert N ^d   Gong, Zheng ^a   Li, Chenglong ^a   Si, Jialiang ^a   Sun, Zhiming ^e   Pei, Junling ^e   Zheng, Yong ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; SCIENTIFIC DRILLING; SICHUAN PROVINCE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

FAULTING;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULT ZONE; SHEAR STRESS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 84921763301     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35515.1     Document Type: Article

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