Modelling of current crustal tectonic deformation in the Chinese Tianshan orogenic belt constrained by GPS observations

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-442

  Lei, Xianquan ^a   Chen, Yunping ^a   Zhao, Junmeng ^b   Zhao, Jiongyang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal movement; FEM simulation; Geodynamics; GPS; Tectonic deformation; Tianshan orogenic belt

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGENIC BELT; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 78349232374     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/7/4/010     Document Type: Article

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