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Locations and types of ruptures involved in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake inferred from SAR image matching
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Tomokazu,
Takada Youichiro,
Furuya Masato,
Murakami Makoto
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2008gl036907
Subject(s) - geology , seismology , discontinuity (linguistics) , active fault , geodesy , massif , fault (geology) , thrust fault , displacement (psychology) , mathematics , psychology , mathematical analysis , psychotherapist , geochemistry
We have detected detailed ground displacements in the proximity of the Longmen Shan fault zone (LMSFZ) by applying a SAR offset‐tracking method in the analysis of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. An elevation‐dependent correction is indispensable for achieving sub‐meter accuracy. A sharp displacement discontinuity with a relative motion of ∼1–2 m appears over a length of 200 km along the LMSFZ, which demonstrates that the main rupture has proceeded on the Beichuan fault (BF) among several active faults composing the LMSFZ, and a new active fault is detected on the northeastward extension of the BF. The rupture on the BF is characterized by a right‐lateral motion in the northeast, while in the southwest an oblique right‐lateral thrust slip is suggested. In contrast to the northeast, where a major rupture proceeded on the BF only, in the southwest multiple thrust ruptures have occurred in the southeastern foot of the Pengguan massif.