Late Holocene earthquake history of the central Altyn Tagh fault, China

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1051-1054

  Washburn, Zachary ^a   Arrowsmith, J Ramón ^a   Forman, Steven L ^a   Cowgill, Eric ^a   Xiaofeng, Wang ^a   Yueqiao, Zhang ^a   Zhengle, Chen ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Altyn Tagh fault; Earthquake geology; India Eurasia orogen

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTS;

GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84879881320     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1051:LHEHOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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