Recent seismic and aseismic activity in the Ashikule stepover zone, NW Tibet

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1632-1643

  Bie, Lidong ^a   Ryder, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Radar interferometry; Seismicity and tectonics; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ASIA; COULOMB STRESS CHANGES; DYNAMICS AND MECHANICS OF FAULTING; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

FAULTING;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SEISMICITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 84905161066     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu230     Document Type: Article

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