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The Wenchuan earthquake has not only produced surface ruptures with complicated structures, but also caused tremendous earthquake disasters.
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Xing, H., Xu, X. (2011). Earthquake Disasters and Damage Features of Structures and Buildings. In: M8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 123. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01901-2_5
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