Stress Shadow on the Southwest Portion of the Longmen Shan Fault Impacted the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Rupture

The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (Mw 7.9) unilaterally ruptured the Longmen Shan fault (LMSF) along eastern Tibet. The earthquake rupture propagated about 270 km northeastward, whereas it propagated only about 20 km southwestward along the strike of the fault. Although a significant attention has been p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of geophysical research. Solid earth 2018-11, Vol.123 (11), p.9963-9981
Hauptverfasser:	Liu, Chang, Dong, Peiyu, Zhu, Bojing, Shi, Yaolin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Earthquakes fault interaction Fault lines Geophysics Load distribution Loading rate Propagation Rupture Rupturing Seismic activity Shadows Stress stress shadow Tectonics The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake the Longmen Shan fault the Xianshui He fault unilateral propagation
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