Displacement and timing along the northern strand of the Altyn Tagh fault zone, Northern Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Wang, Erchie ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Displacements; Fault zones; Qinghai Xizang Plateau

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; CRUSTAL DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; STRIKE SLIP;

CHINA, TIBET, ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE;

EID: 0031434501     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00085-x     Document Type: Article

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