Slip rates of the Karakorum fault, Ladakh, India, determined using cosmic ray exposure dating of debris flows and moraines

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Brown, E T ^a   Bendick, R ^b   Bourles D L ^c   Gaur, V ^d   Molnar, P ^b   Raisbeck, G M ^e   Yiou, F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Beryllium 10; Cosmic ray exposure age; Karakorum fault; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; DATING METHOD; DEBRIS FLOW; FAULT SLIP; NEOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

INDIA; KARAKORUM FAULT; LADAKH RANGE;

EID: 0037058547     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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