Slip-rates along the Chaman fault: Implication for transient strain accumulation and strain partitioning along the western Indian plate margin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2013, Pages 389-400

  Ul Hadi, Shams ^a   Khan, Shuhab D ^b   Owen, Lewis A ^c   Khan, Abdul S ^d   Hedrick, Kathryn A ^c   Caffee, Marc W ^e  

^a Berger Geosciences   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium 10 ages; Chaman fault; Transient strain; Western Indian plate boundary

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM-10 AGES; CONVERGENCE ZONES; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING; INDIAN PLATE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TRANSIENT STRAIN;

GEODESY; LANDFORMS;

FAULT SLIPS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISPLACEMENT; EURASIAN PLATE; GEOEYE-1; INDIAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SATELLITE DATA; SLIP RATE; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSFORM;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84887824095     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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