Fluvial terrace riser degradation and determination of slip rates on strike-slip faults: An example from the Kunlun fault, China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Harkins, Nathan ^a   Kirby, Eric ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MULTIPLE OFFSET RISERS; SLIP RATES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TERRACE;

TECTONICS;

DEGRADATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERRACE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 43549109481     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033073     Document Type: Article

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