Combined effects of Eurasia/Sunda oblique convergence and East-Tibetan crustal flow on the active tectonics of Burma

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-194

  Rangin, Claude ^a   Maurin, Thomas ^b   Masson, Frederic ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CSTJF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Burma platelet; Crustal flow; Kinematics; Myanmar; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EURASIAN PLATE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

MYANMAR;

EID: 84884353678     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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