Broadscale interseismic deformation and fault slip rates in the central Tibetan Plateau observed using InSAR

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5071-5083

  Garthwaite, Matthew C ^a   Wang, Hua ^a,b,c   Wright, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

active faults; central Tibet; InSAR; interseismic deformation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; KUNLUN EARTHQUAKE 2001; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84886925331     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50348     Document Type: Article

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