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Earthquakes can produce significant tree mortality, and consequently affect regional carbon dynamics. Unfortunately, detailed studies quantifying the influence of earthquake on forest mortality are currently rare. The committed forest biomass carbon loss
Hongcheng Zeng +4 more
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Nephrology After the Wenchuan Earthquake
The Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008 was a catastrophic natural disaster and resulted in a massive number of deaths and casualties. After the earthquake, nephrologists played critical roles not only in the restoration of dialysis facilities for regular renal replacement therapy but also in the prevention and treatment of crush syndrome and crush ...
Wang, Li +3 more
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Earthquake Trauma, Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory, and Depression Among Adolescent Survivors of the Wenchuan Earthquake [PDF]
Trauma has a profound impact on overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM), which is a risk factor for depression. Violent earthquakes can cause tremendous trauma in survivors.
Qirui Tian +5 more
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Anomalous crustal movements before great Wenchuan earthquake observed by GPS
Studies of GPS data carried out before and after the great Wenchuan earthquake of Ms8.0 on May 12, 2008 show that anomalous crustal movements occurred before the earthquake.
Gu Guohua, Meng Guojie, Wang Wuxing
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Grid structures in Wenchuan earthquake [PDF]
In 2008, an earthquake with magnitude 8.0 happened in Southwest China. Several grid structures damaged or collapsed in this earthquake. Through investigation in the earthquake hit area, documents and precious pictures of these damaged grid structures were collected.
FENG, Yuan, LIU, Yifeng, XIA, Xun
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Based on the thermal infrared phenomena before and after the 2008 Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake,the 2013 Yaan Lushan MS7.0 earthquake and the 2017 Jiuzhaigou MS7.0 earthquake,the amplitude fluctuation level of the mean difference of the original MODIS ...
Hongyue Liao, Na Dong, Gang Wang
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Seismicity sequence following a main earthquake usually contains much meaningful information for unveiling the focal mechanism and predicting the reoccurrence interval of large earthquakes. The spatiotemporal evolution of earthquakes before and after the
Gang Fan +5 more
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The stress change of the major activity faults in the Weihe Graben after the Wenchuan earthquake
The seismicity of small earthquakes in the Weihe Graben has changed after the Wenchuan earthquake. In detail, the seismicity around the Qishan-Mazhao fault in the western Weihe Graben decreased, while the seismicity in Gaoling and Jingyang Counties in ...
Sheng Dong, Weina Yuan, Fuqiang Shi
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The 2008 MS 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake occurred in the Longmenshan fault zone, which has complex geological background, strong surface relief, and heterogeneous elastic-viscous structures; however, the seismic risk of the Longmenshan fault zone was ...
MENG Qiu, GAO Kuan, CHEN Qizhi, HU Caibo
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The study of postseismic deformation is important for constraining the viscoelastic properties of the Earth and inverting the post-earthquake process. The levelling survey revealed that the area near Beichuan elevated 5.3 cm about two years after the MW7.
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