Published September 26, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Estimation of co-seismic stress change of the 2008 Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake

  • 1. Key laboratory of Neotectonic movement and Geohazard, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 100081 (China) and Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081 (China)

Description

In-situ stress change near the fault before and after a great earthquake is a key issue in the geosciences field. In this work, based on the 2008 Great Wenchuan earthquake fault slip dislocation model, the co-seismic stress tensor change due to the Wenchuan earthquake and the distribution functions around the Longmen Shan fault are given. Our calculated results are almost consistent with the before and after great Wenchuan earthquake in-situ measuring results. The quantitative assessment results provide a reference for the study of the mechanism of earthquakes.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1479
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1919-1922
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics
Acronym
ICNAAM 2012
Dates
19-25 Sep 2012
Place
Kos (Greece)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44034626
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
CALCULATION METHODS; CHINA; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; DISLOCATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; SLIP; STRESSES; TENSORS
Descriptors DEC
ASIA; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONS; LINE DEFECTS; PHYSICS; SEISMIC EVENTS

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