Structural constraints in neotectonic studies of thrust faults from the magnetotelluric method, Kochkor Basin, Kyrgyz Republic

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Park, Stephen K ^a   Thompson, Stephen C ^b,c   Rybin, Anatoly ^d   Batalev, Vladimir ^d   Bielinski, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asia tectonics; Kyrgyzstan; Magnetotelluric method; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; NEOGENE; NEOTECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

KOCHKOR BASIN; KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0043095411     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001318     Document Type: Article

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