Late Quaternary tectonics and seismotectonics along the Red River fault zone, North Vietnam

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 224-235

  Phan Trong Trinh, ^a   Ngo Van Liem, ^a   Nguyen Van Huong, ^a   Hoang Quang Vinh, ^a   Bui Van Thom, ^a   Bui Thi Thao, ^a   Mai Thanh Tan, ^a   Nguyen Hoang, ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Active fault; Earthquake; Fault segment; Offset; Red River; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL FAN; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; SPOT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

RED RIVER [ASIA]; RED RIVER DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84865527796     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.06.008     Document Type: Review

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