Earthquake Phenomenology from the Field The April 20, 2013, Lushan Earthquake /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Wu, Zhongliang (Συγγραφέας), Jiang, Changsheng (Συγγραφέας), Li, Xiaojun (Συγγραφέας), Li, Guangjun (Συγγραφέας), Ding, Zhifeng (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Natural Hazards.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Based on the field investigation and the summary of the published research results of the April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, MS7.0 earthquake, having occurred along the same fault zone which accommodated the May 12, 2008, Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake, this Brief tries to describe and discuss the s...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The April 20, 2013, Lushan, Sichuan, China, MS7.0 earthquake: overview of the earthquake and its disaster
• Field investigation of the earthquake
• Blind fault and beyond: the seismo-tectonics of the earthquake
• An aftershock of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake?
• ‘Standing ruins’: locally characterized seismic destruction phenomenology
• From Wenchuan to Lushan: advances and problems
• An earthquake in the transition time between the internet and the micro-blog (Twitter)
• Time-dependent seismic hazard in the Sichuan-Yunnan region: earthquake predictability and its limit
• How did a natural disaster change to a manmade accident? Reflection on operational earthquake forecast
• Conclusions and discussion.