Late quaternary crustal deformation field in China's continent and its adjacent regions inferred from active fault data

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-90

  Jing, Yan ^a   Ren, Jin Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active fault; Bi cubic spline method; Crustal deformation; Velocity field

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; QUATERNARY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 4143135510     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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