Dissipation of fast strike-slip faulting within and beyond northeastern Tibet

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-226

  Duvall, Alison R ^a   Clark, Marin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; FAULT TIPS; FAULT-SLIP RATES; KUNLUN FAULT; LOCALIZED SLIPS; LOWER CRUST; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRUCTURAL PATTERN; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WIDE ZONE;

DEFORMATION;

ROTATION;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DISSIPATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT SLIP; GPS; QUATERNARY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77951960911     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30711.1     Document Type: Article

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