Active tectonics of the eastern margin of the Tibet Plateau

Kuangwu Yanshi

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 40-51

  Zhou, Rong Jun ^a   Li, Yong ^b   Densmore, Alexander L ^c   Ellis, Michael A ^d   He, Yu Lin ^a   Wang, Feng Lin ^b   Li, Xiao Gang ^a  

^a Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau; Slip rate; Strong earthquake recurrence; Tectonic landform

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LANDFORMS;

SLIP RATE; TECTONIC LANDFORM; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

TECTONICS;

FOCAL MECHANISM; LANDFORM; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS;

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

EID: 33748306129     PISSN: 10016872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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