Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3611303h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 11, CiteID L11303
Physics
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Seismology: Seismicity And Tectonics (1207, 1217, 1240, 1242), Structural Geology: Fractures And Faults, Radio Science: Interferometry (1207, 1209, 1242), Seismology: Earthquake Ground Motions And Engineering Seismology, Structural Geology: Remote Sensing
Scientific paper
The irregularly distributed surface fault-ruptures of the Wenchuan earthquake spanned over 200 km along the Longmen Shan(LMS) fault zone. Through field investigations, we found over 10 coseismic surface-ruptures, with maximum vertical displacements of approximately 6 m on the Yingxiu-Beichuan fault and 2 m on the Guanxian-Anxian fault; however, the entire fault rupture movement was still not clearly understood since high topographic areas were inaccessible. Thus, we used interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) satellite observations to capture whole coseismic surface-ruptures and crustal deformations across the LMS faults. We created a novel bi-fault-slip model to invert fault-slips using InSAR information which yielded that thrust fault-slips were dominant at YingXiu, Houshenggou and Bajiaomiao in the near-epicenter segment, while the dextral fault-slips were dominant at Pingtong and Nanba along the northeast segment. The combination of field investigations and simulations suggested that the two coseismic fault zones ruptured with an irregular surface distribution accompanied by crustal deformations.
Fujiwara Hiroyuki
Hao Ken Xiansheng
Ozawa Taku
Si Hongjun
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