Slip-rate on the eastern Altyn Tagh Fault since 20ka BP

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Wang, Feng ^a   Xu, Xi Wei ^b   Zheng, Rong Zhang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh Fault; Offset geomorphologic feature; Slip rate; Strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1242276571     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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