Uniform postglacial slip-rate along the central 600 km of the Kunlun fault (Tibet), from 26 Al, 10Be, and 14C dating of riser offsets, and climatic origin of the regional morphology

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 356-388

  Van Der Woerd, Jerome ^a,b,e   Tapponnier, Paul ^a   Ryerson, Frederick J ^b   Meriaux, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Meyer, Bertrand ^a   Gaudemer, Yves ^a   Finkel, Robert C ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^b   Guoguang, Zhao ^c   Zhiqin, Xu ^d  

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

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

10Be and 14C dating; 26Al; Faulting; Geomorphology; Kunlun fault; Palaeoclimate; Tibet

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; FAULT SLIP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEISMICITY;

CHINA;

EID: 0036127476     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2002.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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