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The damage mechanism of water tower in Shaanxi Provence during Wenchuan Earthquake

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
Through the collection, collation and analysis of the data about damage of Water tower in Shaanxi Provence during 12 May 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, the mechanism of long-period damage of the water tower is given. The analysis shows that, in Hanzhong basin,
Li Chunfeng, Luo Xuyang, Duan Rui, Shu Youliang, Dai Wangqiang, Liu Chung, Yan Qingmin, She Tianshe, Shi Xinghai   +8 more
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Longer aftershocks duration in extensional tectonic settings [PDF]

, 2017
Aftershocks number decay through time, depending on several parameters peculiar to each seismogenic regions, including mainshock magnitude, crustal rheology, and stress changes along the fault.
Carminati, E., Doglioni, C., Tizzani, P., Valerio, E.   +3 more
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Seismic infrared anomalies detection in the case of the Wenchuan earthquake using bi-angular advanced along-track scanning radiometer data

Annals of Geophysics, 2015
The paper has developed Robust Satellite data analysis Technique (RST) to detect seismic anomalies in the case of the Wenchuan earthquake occurred on May 12, 2008, using the bi-angular Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) gridded brightness ...
Pan Xiong, Xuhui Shen, Xingfa Gu, Qingyan Meng, Liming Zhao, Yanhua Zhao, Yan Li, Jianting Dong   +7 more
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Posttraumatic stress disorder among earthquake survivors of the Wenchuan area (Sichuan, China) [PDF]

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2014
Background: On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with a power of 8.0 M on the Richter scale occurred in the Wenchuan County of Sichuan Province in southwest China, which was unprecedented in magnitude and aftermath.
Chunlan Hong, Jingming Cao, Thomas Efferth   +2 more
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Kinematic fault slip evolution source models of the 2008 M7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in China from SAR interferometry, GPS and teleseismic analysis and implications for Longmen Shan tectonics [PDF]

, 2013
The M_w 7.9 2008 Wenchuan earthquake ruptured about 280 km of faults in the Longmen Shan of Sichuan province, China, at the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.
Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Bürgmann, Roland, Fielding, Eric J., Li, Zhenhong, Ryder, Isabelle, Sladen, Anthony   +5 more
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Development and prospect of mobile gravity monitoring and earthquake forecasting in recent ten years in China

Geodesy and Geodynamics, 2019
After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, China Earthquake Administration has strengthened the monitoring of mobile gravity and earthquake forecasting. This paper mainly analyzes the development of mobile gravity monitoring network of China in 2008, the ...
Yiqing Zhu, Fang Liu, Guoqing Zhang, Yunma Xu   +3 more
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Evidence for Anthropogenic Surface Loading as Trigger Mechanism of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

, 2011
Two and a half years prior to China's M7.9 Wenchuan earthquake of May 2008, at least 300 million metric tons of water accumulated with additional seasonal water level changes in the Minjiang River Valley at the eastern margin of the Longmen Shan.
A Densmore, A Lin, A McGarr, A Ruina, BC Burchfiel, BC Burchfiel, CD Klose, Christian D. Klose, D Jia, E Cochran, FJ Mauk, FW Klein, H Yao, J Bartels, J Boussinesq, J Gomberg, J Gomberg, J Rice, JH Dieterich, K Deng, K Gahalaut, M Biot, ML Blanpied, NM Beeler, P-J Liu, R Zhou, S Chen, S Ge, W-M Wang, X-L Lei, X-M Hu, Y Huang, Y Zhang, YZ Wang, ZX Yang   +34 more
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Dynamic changes of gravity fields before and after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (Ms8.0)

Geodesy and Geodynamics, 2012
The pattern evolution and dynamic mechanism of the dynamic changes of regional gravity fields occurring before and after the Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake are analyzed, based on five epochs of 1998–2007 mobile gravity data from the middle-south section of ...
Shen Chongyang, Li Hui, Sun Wenke, Huang Jinshui, Sun Shaoan, Xuan Songbai, Tan Hongbo, Liu Shaoming   +7 more
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Spatial and temporal b-value precursors preceding the 2008 Wenchuan, China, earthquake (Mw = 7.9): implications for earthquake prediction

Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2020
The sudden and unexpected Wenchuan earthquake (Mw = 7.9) occurred on the Longmen Shan Fault without any definite precursors. Therefore, a new computing strategy of b-values was applied in the study area around the epicenter of the Wenchuan mainshock ...
Jie Chen, Shoubiao Zhu
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Nephrology After the Wenchuan Earthquake

Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology, 2009
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, Li, Guisen, He, Qiang, Yang, Xiuchuan   +3 more
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