The field of crustal velocity in Asia calculated from Quaternary rates of slip on faults

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 551-582

  England, Philip ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Quaternary; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL VELOCITY; DEFORMATION; FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY FAULT; SLIP RATE; STRAIN;

ASIA;

EID: 0031391462     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01853.x     Document Type: Article

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