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Tectonic Background of the Wenchuan Earthquake

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Yunsheng Wang, Runqiu Huang, Yonghong Luo, Hongbiao Xu, Shitian Wang, Liangwen Jiang and Yusheng Li

Submitted: 20 February 2011 Published: 08 February 2012

DOI: 10.5772/27587

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Earthquake Research and Analysis - Seismology, Seismotectonic and Earthquake Geology

Edited by Sebastiano D'Amico

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Written By

Yunsheng Wang, Runqiu Huang, Yonghong Luo, Hongbiao Xu, Shitian Wang, Liangwen Jiang and Yusheng Li

Submitted: 20 February 2011 Published: 08 February 2012