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| Title |
Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin
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| Published in |
Nature, July 2008
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| DOI | 10.1038/nature07177 |
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| Authors |
Tom Parsons, Chen Ji, Eric Kirby |
| Abstract |
On 12 May 2008, the devastating magnitude 7.9 (Wenchuan) earthquake struck the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau, collapsing buildings and killing thousands in major cities aligned along the western Sichuan basin in China. After such a large-magnitude earthquake, rearrangement of stresses in the crust commonly leads to subsequent damaging earthquakes. The mainshock of the 12 May earthquake ruptured with as much as 9 m of slip along the boundary between the Longmen Shan and Sichuan basin, and demonstrated the complex strike-slip and thrust motion that characterizes the region. The Sichuan basin and surroundings are also crossed by other active strike-slip and thrust faults. Here we present calculations of the coseismic stress changes that resulted from the 12 May event using models of those faults, and show that many indicate significant stress increases. Rapid mapping of such stress changes can help to locate fault sections with relatively higher odds of producing large aftershocks. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 190 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| China | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 177 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 23% |
| Researcher | 26 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 25 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 8% |
| Professor | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 36 | 19% |
| Unknown | 35 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 109 | 57% |
| Engineering | 12 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 3% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 5% |
| Unknown | 45 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 March 2023.
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#1,484,750
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#37,892
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#3,488
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#89
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