Systematic deflection and offset of the Yangtze River drainage system along the strike-slip Ganzi-Yushu-Xianshuihe Fault Zone, Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-25

  Yan, Bing ^a,b   Lin, Aiming ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ganzi Yushu Xianshuihe fault zone; Sinistral strike slip fault; Systematic deflection; Tibetan Plateau; Yangtze River drainage system

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFLECTION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FAULT ZONE; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84961368833     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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