Rapid active thrusting along the northwestern range front of the Tanghe Nan Shan (western Gansu, China)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B12, 2001, Pages 30475-30504

  Van Der Woerd, J ^a,b   Xiwei, Xu ^c   Haibing, Li ^d   Tapponnier, P ^b,e   Meyer, B ^b,e   Ryerson, F J ^a   Meriaux, A S ^b,e   Zhiqin, Xu ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FOLDING; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; UPLIFT;

CHINA; GANSU PROVINCE; TANGHE NAN SHAN;

EID: 0035710526     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000583     Document Type: Article

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