Geodetic evidence for a low slip rate in the Altyn Tagh fault system

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6773, 2000, Pages 69-72

  Bendick, Rebecca ^a   Bilham, Roger ^a,b   Freymueller, Jeffrey ^c   Larson, Kristine ^d   Yin, Guanghua ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UCB 450   (United States)

^e Xinjiang Resources Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; PLATE MOTION;

ARTICLE; ASIA; GEOLOGY; INDIA; MODEL; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ASIA;

EID: 0034594975     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35003555     Document Type: Article

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