Continental extrusion and seismicity in China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1644-1667

  Ji, Shaocheng ^a,b   Wang, Qian ^a   Sun, Shengsi ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^b   Li, Haibing ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Continental extrusion; Penetration of India into Asia; Seismicity in China; Uplift and lateral growth of the Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTRUSION; FAULTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 62749128076     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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