Basic characteristics of active tectonics of China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 356-372

  Deng, Qidong ^a   Zhang, Peizhen ^a   Ran, Yongkang ^a   Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Min, Wei ^a   Chu, Quanzhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Block motion; Fault block; Fault block region; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MAPPING; VOLCANOES;

TECTONIC BOUNDARY BELTS;

TECTONICS;

BLOCK ROTATION; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; QUATERNARY; TECTONICS;

CHINA;

EID: 0041888237     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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