The Great Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: A Photographic Atlas of Surface Rupture and Related Disaster

The magnitude Ms 8.0 (Mw 7.9) Wenchuan earthquake occurred on 12 May 2008 in the Longmen Shan region of China-the topographical boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and the Sichuan Basin-resulting in extensive damage throughout central and western China. To understand the seismic faulting mechanism...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Lin, Aiming (Author), Ren, Zhikun (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Subjects:
Geology.
Environmental sciences.
Physics.
Engineering geology.
Geotechnical engineering.
Geophysics.
Environmental Physics.
Geoengineering.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tectonic Setting of the Wenchuan Earthquake
  • Outline of Earthquake and Focal Mechanisms
  • Outline of Co-seismic Surface Rupture
  • Deformation Characteristics of Co-seismic Surface Rupture
  • Relationship between Surface Rupture and Pre-existing Active Faults
  • Relationship between Surface Rupture and Damage to Infrastructure
  • Co-seismic Landsliding and Liquefaction
  • Earthquake Disaster
  • Relief Operations.

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