Late Quaternary slip rates across the central Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan, central Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Thompson, Stephen C ^a,b   Weldon, Ray J ^b   Rubin, Charles M ^c   Abdarkhmatov, Kanatbek ^d   Molnar, Peter ^e,f   Berger, Glenn W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault related folding; Kyrgyzstan; Quaternary; River terrace; Slip rates; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; FOLDING; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONIC SETTING;

KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0037058528     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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