Slip rate on the Kunlun fault at Hongshui Gou, and recurrence time of great events comparable to the 14/11/2001, Mw∼7.9 Kokoxili earthquake

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 285-299

  Haibing, Li ^a,c   Van der Woerd, Jérôme ^b   Tapponnier, Paul ^c   Klinger, Yann ^c   Xuexiang, Qi ^c   Jingsui, Yang ^a   Yintang, Zhu ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

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

^d Qinghai Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristic slip; Earthquake recurrence; Kunlun fault; Slip rate; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC SLIP; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; KUNLUN FAULT; SLIP RATE; TIBET;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACES;

SEISMOLOGY;

FAULT SLIP; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

EID: 24144448594     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.041     Document Type: Article

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