Normal- and oblique-slip of the 2008 Yutian earthquake: Evidence for eastward block motion, northern Tibetan Plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-165

  Xu, Xiwei ^a   Tan, Xibin ^a   Yu, Guihua ^a   Wu, Guodong ^b   Fang, Wei ^b   Chen, Jianbo ^b   Song, Heping ^b   Shen, Jun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh fault system; Coseismic slip; Earthquake surface rupture zone; Kunlun fault system; Tibetan Plateau; Yutian earthquake

Indexed keywords

ALTYN TAGH FAULT SYSTEM; COSEISMIC SLIPS; KUNLUN FAULT; SURFACE RUPTURES; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EARTHQUAKES;

FAULT SLIPS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; PIEDMONT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84872379039     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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