Newly-generated Daliangshan fault zone - Shortcutting on the central section of Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault system

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1248-1258

  He, HongLin ^a   Ikeda, Yasutaka ^b   He, YuLin ^c   Togo, Masayoshi ^d   Chen, Jie ^a   Chen, ChangYun ^a   Tajikara, Masayoshi ^b   Echigo, Tomoo ^b   Okada, Shinsuke ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF SICHUAN PROVINCE   (China)

^d HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daliangshan fault zone; Newly generated fault; Southeast Tibet; Xianshuihe Xiaojiang fault system

Indexed keywords

AGE DATING; CLOCKWISE ROTATIONS; CRUSTAL BLOCK; DALIANGSHAN FAULT ZONE; EARTHQUAKE RECORDS; FAULT SYSTEMS; FAULT ZONES; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; LATE-QUATERNARY; LONG TIME; NEWLY-GENERATED FAULT; SLIP RATES; SOUTHEAST TIBET; XIANSHUIHE-XIAOJIANG FAULT SYSTEM;

ROTATION;

FAULT ZONE; PLATE TECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE; XIAOJIANG BASIN; YUNNAN;

EID: 49749084662     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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