Active structures of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and their relationships to earthquake distribution, contemporary strain field, and Cenozoic volcanism

Geosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-214

  Taylor, Michael ^a   Yin, An ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CENOZOIC; DIGITAL MAP; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOLD; GPS; KINEMATICS; OROGENY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VOLCANISM;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77949841881     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00217.1     Document Type: Article

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