Large river offsets and Plio-Quaternary dextral slip rate on the Red River fault (Yunnan, China)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B1, 2001, Pages 819-836

  Replumaz, A ^a   Lacassin, R ^a   Tapponnier, P ^b   Leloup, P H ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; SPOT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; RED RIVER FAULT; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0035090434     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900135     Document Type: Article

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