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Co-seismic ruptures of the 12 May 2008, Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan: East–west crustal shortening on oblique, parallel thrusts along the eastern edge of Tibet

Jing Liu‐Zeng, Zhuzhen Zhang, P. Tapponnier, Jimin Sun, Xiaoru Xing, Guisheng Hu, Qiang Xu, Lingsen Zeng, Lin Ding, Chen Ji,

Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2009 · 343 citations · 71 references

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