Hazards posed by active major faults along the Golmud-Lhasa railway route, Tibetan Plateau, China

Engineering Geology

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 163-182

  Wu, Zhenhan ^a   Barosh, Patrick J ^b   Hu, Daogong ^a   Wu, Zhonghai ^a   Zhao, Xitao ^c   Ye, Peisheng ^a   Jiang, Wan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b PJ Barosh and Associates   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Active fault; Earthquakes; Geologic hazards; Golmud Lhasa railway; Permafrost; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CREEP; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HAZARDS; PERMAFROST; RAILROAD TRACKS; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULTS; EPICENTER;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PERMAFROST; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 3042693263     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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