Late Quaternary systematic stream offsets caused by repeated large seismic events along the Kunlun fault, northern Tibet

Geomorphology

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 278-292

  Fu, Bihong ^a   Awata, Yasuo ^a   Du, Jianguo ^b   He, Wengui ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Large seismic events; Lateral offsets; Northern Tibet; Streams; Strike slip faulting

Indexed keywords

FAULT DISPLACEMENT; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; STREAM BED; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

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

EID: 27844550731     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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