Pliocene-to-present morphotectonics of the Dien Bien Phu fault in northwest Vietnam

Geomorphology

Volumn 173-174, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-68

  Lai, Kuang Yin ^a,b   Chen, Yue Gau ^a   Lâm, Doãn nình ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Active fault; Dien Bien Phu fault; Earthquake potential; Morphotectonics; River offset; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASTER; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; PLIOCENE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CHINA; DIEN BIEN PHU BASIN; HIMALAYAS; INDOCHINA; VIET NAM; YUNNAN;

EID: 84865968490     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

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