Present-day crustal deformation around Sagaing fault, Myanmar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Vigny, Christophe ^a   Socquet, Anne ^a   Rangin, Claude ^a   Chamot Rooke, Nicolas ^a   Pubellier, Manuel ^a   Bouin, Marie Noëlle ^b   Bertrand, Guillaume ^a   Becker, M ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fault; GPS; Southeast Asia; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GPS; NEOTECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1642318754     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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