A deforming block model for the present-day tectonics of Tibet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Chen, Qizhi ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a   Wang, Qi ^b   Yang, Zhiqiang ^c   Xu, Caijun ^d   Liu, Jingnan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deforming block model; GPS; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; GPS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 2542466764     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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