Seismotectonic setting of the 1949 Kuqa, Xinjiang M 7 1/4 earthquake

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 450-459

  Xu, Jie ^a   Zhou, Ben Gang ^a   Yang, Xiao Ping ^a   Wang, Xiang Yu ^b   Zhou, Qing ^a   Chen, Guo Guang ^a   Ran, Hon Liu ^a   Liu, Zhan Po ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Subsidiary Company of Talimu Field   (China)

Author keywords

Intracontinental underthrust; Kuqa; Thin skinned structure; Thrust fold system; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS; THRUST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 1242332782     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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