Deriving fault-slip histories to test for secular variation in slip, with examples from the Kunlun and Awatere faults

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 52-64

  Gold, Ryan D ^a   Cowgill, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Awatere fault; Fault slip history; Kunlun fault; Monte Carlo; Morphochronology; Secular variation in slip; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

AWATERE FAULT; FAULT-SLIP HISTORY; KUNLUN FAULT; MONTE CARLO; MORPHOCHRONOLOGY; SECULAR VARIATION; SLIP RATES;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOIL CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CHRONOLOGY; FAULT SLIP; FAULTING; HOLOCENE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SECULAR VARIATION; SLIP RATE;

AWATERE VALLEY; CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 78650293233     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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