Mechanisms of active folding of the landscape (southern Tian Shan, China)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hubert Ferrari, Aurélia ^a,b   Suppe, John ^c   Gonzalez Mieres, Ramon ^c   Wang, Xin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLDING; KINEMATICS; PEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 34548564403     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004362     Document Type: Article

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