First global positioning system results in northern Myanmar: Constant and localized slip rate along the Sagaing fault

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 591-594

  Maurin, Thomas ^a   Masson, Frederic ^b   Rangin, Claude ^a   Min, U Than ^c   Collard, Philippe ^b  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise ^*  (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCALIZED SLIPS; MICROPLATES; MYANMARS; SLIP RATES;

GEOPHYSICS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ACTIVE FAULT; COMPLEXITY; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; INDIAN PLATE; MICROPLATE; SLIP RATE;

MYANMAR; SAGAING;

EID: 77956015873     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30872.1     Document Type: Article

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