Geodetic measurement of crustal motion in southwest China

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-182

  King, Robert W ^a   Shen, Feng ^a   Clark Burchfiel, B ^a   Royden, Leigh H ^a   Wang, Erchie ^a   Chen, Zhiliang ^b   Liu, Yuping ^b   Zhang, Xuan Yang ^b   Zhao, Ji Xianq ^b   Li, Yulin ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mappin   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GEODETIC NETWORKS; GLOBAL POSITIONING; LOW-LYING REGIONS; WESTERN SICHUAN BASIN; CRUSTAL MOTIONS;

GEODESY;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EXTRUSION; GEODETIC NETWORK; GPS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION; BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL MOTION; GEODESY;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN; YUNNAN; LONGMEN SHAN;

EID: 0030797181     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0179:GMOCMI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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