Quaternary rupture behavior of the Karakoram Fault and its relation to the dynamics of the continental lithosphere, NW Himalaya-western Tibet

Tectonophysics

Volumn 599, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Houlie N ^a   Phillips, R J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Coulomb stress change; Himalaya; Karakoram; Strike slip; Tibet

Indexed keywords

COULOMB STRESS CHANGES; HIMALAYAS; KARAKORAM; STRIKE-SLIP; TIBET;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; COULOMB CRITERION; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; QUATERNARY; RUPTURE; SLIP RATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN; STRESS CHANGE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; XIZANG;

EID: 84878543258     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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