Eyewitness Accounts of Surface Thrusting and Folding during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake, China

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Research Article| November 01, 2010 Eyewitness Accounts of Surface Thrusting and Folding during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake, China Aiming Lin; Aiming Lin 1 Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Science Shizuoka University Shizuoka Ohya 836 422-8529, Japan slin@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp (A. L.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Zhikun Ren; Zhikun Ren 1 Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Science Shizuoka University Shizuoka Ohya 836 422-8529, Japan slin@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp (A. L.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Gang Rao Gang Rao 1 Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Science Shizuoka University Shizuoka Ohya 836 422-8529, Japan slin@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp (A. L.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Aiming Lin 1 Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Science Shizuoka University Shizuoka Ohya 836 422-8529, Japan slin@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp (A. L.) Zhikun Ren 1 Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Science Shizuoka University Shizuoka Ohya 836 422-8529, Japan slin@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp (A. L.) Gang Rao 1 Institute of Geosciences, Faculty of Science Shizuoka University Shizuoka Ohya 836 422-8529, Japan slin@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp (A. L.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2010 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2010) 81 (6): 884–891. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.6.884 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Aiming Lin, Zhikun Ren, Gang Rao; Eyewitness Accounts of Surface Thrusting and Folding during the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake, China. Seismological Research Letters 2010;; 81 (6): 884–891. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.6.884 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, which occurred on 12 May 2008 in the Sichuan region of China (Figure 1), resulted in significant and widespread damage throughout a large area of central and western China. Official estimates of casualties released by the Chinese government include some 70,000 confirmed deaths, plus approximately 374,000 injured and 18,000 missing. Field investigations and seismic data show that the earthquake was triggered by active faults of the Longmen Shan thrust belt, located on the marginal zone between the high Tibetan plateau and the Sichuan basin. A 285-km-long surface rupture zone produced by the... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.