Holocene left-slip rate determined by cosmogenic surface dating on the Xidatan segment of the K'unlun fault (Qinghai, China)

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 695-698

  Van Der Woerd, J ^a,b   Ryerson, F J ^b   Tapponnier, P ^b   Gaudemer, Y ^b   Finkel, R ^a   Meriaux, A S ^b   Caffee, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTHQUAKES;

COSMOGENIC; COSMOGENIC DATING; GLACIAL CLIMATE; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; KUNLUN FAULT; LATE HOLOCENE; RECURRENCE TIME; SURFACE DATING;

FAULT SLIPS;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; PEBBLE; SLIP RATE; TERRACE; DATING METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; SLIP;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI;

EID: 0032420430     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0695:HLSRDB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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