Present-day slip-rate of Altyn Tagh fault: Numerical result constrained by GPS data

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 509-514

  Xiong, Xiong ^a,b,c   Park, Pil Ho ^c   Zheng, Yong ^d   Hsu, Houtze ^a   Han, Uk ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e Korea Military Academy   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh Fault; GPS observations; Numerical simulation; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20644471872     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351784     Document Type: Article

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