Preliminary investigation on deformation characteristics and activity of Longquanshan fault belt in Sichuan

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 968-979

  Wang, Wei Tao ^a   Jia, Dong ^b   Li, Chuan You ^a   Zheng, Wen Jun ^a   Wei, Zhan Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activity; Fault propagation folding; Longquanshan; Structure deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 60649086802     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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