Spatially constant slip rate along the southern segment of the Karakorum fault since 200ka

Tectonophysics

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-179

  Chevalier, Marie Luce ^a,b   Tapponnier, Paul ^c   Van der Woerd, Jérôme ^d   Ryerson, Frederick J ^e   Finkel, Robert C ^f   Li, Haibing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Cosmogenic dating; Karakorum fault; Slip rate; Tectonic geomorphology; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; COSMOGENIC DATING; KARAKORUM FAULT; SLIP-RATE; TECTONIC-GEOMORPHOLOGY; TIBET;

QUARTZ;

FAULT SLIPS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRABEN; MORAINE; NORMAL FAULT; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

CHINA; KARAKORAM; XIZANG;

EID: 84862797718     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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