Evidence for low-angle normal faulting in the Pumqu-Xianza Rift, Tibet

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1335-1340

  Monigle, Patrick W ^a   Nabelek, John ^a   Braunmiller, Jochen ^a   Carpenter, N Seth ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: extensional; Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY FAULTS; BRITTLE CRUST; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; FAULT DIP; FAULT PLANES; MOMENT TENSORS; NORMAL FAULTS; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SHORT SEGMENTS; SOUTHERN TIBET; STATE OF STRESS;

EARTHQUAKES; TENSORS;

FAULTING;

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; MOMENT TENSOR; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84865306206     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05581.x     Document Type: Article

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