Characteristics of the modern activity of the Reshui-Riyueshan fault zone in Qinghai Province

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-166

  Yuan, Dao yang ^a,b   Liu, Xiao long ^a   Zhang, Pei zhen ^b   Liu, Bai chi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Modern activity; Qinghai; Reshui Riyueshan Fault zone; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FAULT SCARP; FAULT SLIP; FAULT ZONE; PULL APART BASIN; QUATERNARY; TERRACE;

CHINA;

EID: 0043066800     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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