Transformation of displacement between strike-slip and crustal shortening in the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from decadal GPS measurements and late Quaternary slip rates on faults

Tectonophysics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2013, Pages 267-280

  Zheng, Wen jun ^a   Zhang, Pei zhen ^a   He, Wen gui ^b   Yuan, Dao yang ^b   Shao, Yan xiu ^b   Zheng, De wen ^a   Ge, Wei peng ^a,b   Min, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Deformation dissipation; Geologic rates; GPS measurement; Large strike slip fault; Northern Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BASIN FORMATION; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGIC RATES; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; LATE QUATERNARY; MIDDLE SECTION; QILIAN SHAN; SLIP RATES; THRUST FAULTING; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

DEFORMATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GPS; QUATERNARY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84872421608     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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