The Great Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: A Photographic Atlas of Surface Rupture and Related Disaster

• Main Authors: Lin, Aiming. (Author), Ren, Zhikun. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Engineering geology.; Hydraulic engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03759-7

"The Great Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008: A Photographic Atlas of Surface Rupture and Related Disaster" focuses on the main deformation characteristics of co-seismic surface rupture, including rupture length and slip distribution of co-seismic surface rupture caused by the Wenchuan Earthquak...

Table of Contents:

• Tectonic Setting of the Wenchuan Earthquake
• Outline of Earthquake and Focal Mechanisms
• Outline of Co-seismic Surface Rupture
• Deformation Characteristics of Co-seismic Surface Rupture
• Relationship Between Surface Rupture and Pre-existing Active Faults
• Relationship Between Surface Rupture and Damage to Infrastructure
• Co-seismic Landsliding and Liquefaction
• Earthquake Disaster
• Relief Operations.