Vertical deformations of the Eastern Kunlun Fault zone and West of Kunlun Mountain Pass Ms8.1 earthquake

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-280

  Wang, Qing Liang ^a   Wang, Jian Hua ^a   Zhu, Gui Zhi ^a   Cui, Du Xin ^a   Wang, Wen Ping ^a   Chen, Zhong Shi ^a   Song, Zhao Shan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Eastern Kunlun Fault zone; Subduction overthrust; Vertical deformation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 5044238302     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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