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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-11-029
Date: February 2011

China Earthquake Reconnaissance Report: Performance of Transportation Structures During the May 12, 2008, M7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake

REFERENCES

  1. United States Geological Survey. (2008). "Poster of the Eastern Sichuan, China Earthquake of 12 May 2008—Magnitude 7.9." Reston, VA. Accessed online at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/poster/2008/20080512.php.

  2. 2. Burchfiel, B.C., Royden, L.H., van der Hilst, R.D., Hager, B.H., Chen, Z. King, R.W., Li, C., Lü, J., Yao, H., and Kirby, E. (2008). "A Geological and Geophysical Context for the Wenchuan Earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China," GSA Today 18, 4–11.

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