Locations and types of ruptures involved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake inferred from SAR image matching

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Apr 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3607302k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 7, CiteID L07302

Physics

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Geodesy And Gravity: Satellite Geodesy: Results (6929, 7215, 7230, 7240), Structural Geology: Dynamics And Mechanics Of Faulting (8118), Seismology: Earthquake Source Observations (1240)

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We have detected detailed ground displacements in the proximity of the Longmen Shan fault zone (LMSFZ) by applying a SAR offset-tracking method in the analysis of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. An elevation-dependent correction is indispensable for achieving sub-meter accuracy. A sharp displacement discontinuity with a relative motion of ˜1-2 m appears over a length of 200 km along the LMSFZ, which demonstrates that the main rupture has proceeded on the Beichuan fault (BF) among several active faults composing the LMSFZ, and a new active fault is detected on the northeastward extension of the BF. The rupture on the BF is characterized by a right-lateral motion in the northeast, while in the southwest an oblique right-lateral thrust slip is suggested. In contrast to the northeast, where a major rupture proceeded on the BF only, in the southwest multiple thrust ruptures have occurred in the southeastern foot of the Pengguan massif.

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