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

• Main Authors: Lin, Aiming (Author), Ren, Zhikun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

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...

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.