Late Cenozoic systematic left-lateral stream deflections along the Ganzi-Yushu fault, Xianshuihe fault system, Eastern Tibet

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 624-635

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Wang, Erchie ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a   Fu, Bihong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HOLOCENE; PULL APART BASIN; SLIP RATE; STREAM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; TRANSTENSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE; XIZANG; YALONG RIVER; YUSHU;

EID: 48549101865     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.7.624     Document Type: Article

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