Oblique, High-Angle, Listric-Reverse Faulting and Associated Development of Strain: The Wenchuan Earthquake of May 12, 2008, Sichuan, China

Zhang, Peizhen; Wen, Xueze; Shen, Zheng‐Kang; Chen, Jiuhui

doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152602

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Oblique, High-Angle, Listric-Reverse Faulting and Associated Development of Strain: The Wenchuan Earthquake of May 12, 2008, Sichuan, China

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Authors:

Peizhen Zhang

Xueze Wen

Zheng‐Kang Shen

Abstract

The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake occurred on imbricate, oblique, steeply dipping, slowly slipping, listric-reverse faults. Measurements of coseismic slip, the distribution of aftershocks, and fault-plane solution of the mainshock all confirm this style of deformation and indicate cascading earthquake ru...

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Geology

Seismology

Aftershock

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