The thrust activity of the Altyn Fault Zone since the middle and late Pleistocene

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-373

  Zheng, Rong Zhang ^a   Xu, Xi Wei ^a   Wang, Feng ^b   Li, Jian Ping ^a   Ji, Feng Ju ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Altun Tectonic system; Thrust rate; Thrust scarp

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; FAULT ZONE; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33645766484     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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