Slip-rate measurements on the Karakorum Fault may imply secular variations in fault motion

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5708, 2005, Pages 411-414

  Chevalier, M L ^a,b   Ryerson, F J ^b   Tapponnier, P ^a   Finkel, R C ^b   Van Der Woerd, J ^c   Haibing, Li ^d   Qing, Liu ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CREEP; DUCTILITY; SHEAR STRESS;

MECHANICAL COUPLING; SLIP RATE; SURFACE EXPOSURE;

SEISMOLOGY;

BERYLLIUM;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FAULT SLIP; SECULAR VARIATION; SLIP RATE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIER; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12344276476     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105466     Document Type: Article

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