Thin-plate modeling of interseismic deformation and asymmetry across the Altyn Tagh fault zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Jolivet, Romain ^a   Cattin, R ^a   Chamot Rooke, N ^a   Lasserre, C ^a   Peltzer, G ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRAIN; TECTONICS;

CREEPING DISLOCATIONS; INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATION; SEMI-INFINITE CONVENTIONAL MODEL;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; FAULT ZONE; GPS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 40849118314     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031511     Document Type: Article

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