Paleoseismology of the northern piedmont of Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 5895-5920

  Deng, Qidong ^a   Zhang, Peizhen ^a   Xu, Xiwei ^a   Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Peng, Sizhen ^a   Feng, Xianyue ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SCARP; FAULT SLIP; HOLOCENE; PALAEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; RIVER TERRACE; SEISMIC HAZARD;

CHINA, TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0029751099     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb02739     Document Type: Article

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