Fault model of the 2017 Jiuzhaigou Mw 6.5 earthquake estimated from coseismic deformation observed using Global Positioning System and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar data

Fault model of the 2017 Jiuzhaigou Mw 6.5 earthquake estimated from coseismic deformation observed using Global Positioning System and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar data

Abstract On August 8, 2017, the Jiuzhaigou Mw 6.5 earthquake occurred in Sichuan province, southwestern China, along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The epicenter is surrounded by the Minjiang, Huya, and Tazang Faults. As the seismic activity and tectonics are very complicated, there is c...

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Main Authors: Zhaosheng Nie, Di-Jin Wang, Zhige Jia, Pengfei Yu, Liangfa Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
Subjects:
2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake
Coseismic slip model
GPS
InSAR
Coulomb stress change
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-018-0826-4

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