Lower friction of the Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault system and its effect on active deformation around the south-eastern Tibetan margin

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 204-210

  He, Jiankun ^a   Lu, Shuangjiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FRICTION; GPS; RHEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; THRUST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE; XIZANG;

EID: 34547603627     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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