Open AccessNew Models Explain Unexpected Magnitude of China's Wenchuan Quake
Author(s) -
David Shultz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo034247
Subject(s) - quake (natural phenomenon) , magnitude (astronomy) , china , geology , seismology , history , physics , archaeology , astronomy
The 2008 earthquake surprised scientists, but the inclusion of new variables reveals that Earth's crust under the Sichuan Province was under more strain than previously thought.
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