Low slip rates and long-term preservation of geomorphic features in Central Asia

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6887, 2002, Pages 428-432

  Hetzel, Ralf ^a   Niedermann, Samuel ^a,b   Tao, Mingxin ^c   Kubik, Peter W ^d   Ivy Ochsk, Susan ^e   Gao, Bo ^c   Strecker, Manfred R ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

SLIP RATES;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FAULT SLIP; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SLIP RATE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; EXPOSURE; GEOLOGY; INDIA; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; CHINA;

EID: 0037161734     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/417428a     Document Type: Article

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