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Fig. 1

From: Slip model of the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan (China) earthquake derived from co-seismic GPS data

Fig. 1

Observed and predicted coseismic horizontal displacements of the 122 GPS stations and vertical displacements of 44 GPS stations used in the study. Some vectors with displacements of a few millimeters that are far from the rupture are not shown in the figure. Error ellipses indicate 50% confidence intervals, (a) Horizontal displacements (b) Vertical displacements. Black star is the epicenter. Dashed rectangles show the surface projection of the model fault planes. The two solid black lines denote the main rupture on the Beichuan fault (Beichuan f) and the secondary rupture on the Pengxian-Guanxian fault (PG f). Tectonic setting of the Longmenshan fault is shown in the inset of (a), TR: Tarim Basin; TB: Tibet; SB: Sichuan Basin; NC: North China; SC: South China.

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