Fault systems and paleo-stress tensors in the Indus Suture Zone (NW Pakistan)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 547-559

  Zeilinger, G ^a   Burg, J P ^a   Chaudhry, N ^b   Dawood, H ^c   Hussain, S ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c Museum of Natural History   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FAULT ZONE; STRESS FIELD; STRIATION; SUTURE ZONE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0034083827     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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