Holocene seismogenic faults along the Tanggula-Lhasa section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1387-1401

  Wu, Zhong Hai ^a   Wu, Zhen Han ^a   Hu, Dao Gong ^a   Zhao, Xi Tao ^b   Ye, Pei Sheng ^a   Jiang, Wan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Active faults; Holocene; Paleo earthquake; Qinghai Tibet Railway; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849204657     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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