The deformation pattern and fault rate in the Tianshan Mountains inferred from GPS observations

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1064-1080

  Yang, ShaoMin ^a,b   Li, Jie ^a,c   Wang, Qi ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

GPS; Slip rates; Tectonic deformation; Tianshan Mountains

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SEISMOLOGY;

BASAL DETACHMENT; CONVERGENCE (MATHEMATICS); CRUSTAL LAYER; DEFORMATION PATTERNS; DETACHMENT FAULTING; EASTERN TIANSHAN; ELASTIC DISLOCATION; ELASTIC STRAIN (ES); FAULT RATES; FIRST ORDERS; SLIP RATES; SOUTHWEST (CO); STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; TIANSHAN; TIANSHAN MOUNTAINS; UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED; VELOCITY FIELDS;

LANDFORMS;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISLOCATION; ELASTICITY; FAULTING; FOLDING; GPS; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 47949110333     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0090-8     Document Type: Article

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