Paleoseismic events in Banguoba trench along aksay segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault zone

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 670-679

  Li, Kang ^a   Xu, Xi Wei ^a   Luo, Hao ^a   Tapponnier, Paul ^b   Klinger, Yann ^c   Gao, Ming Xing ^a,b  

^a Institute of Geology China Earthquake Administration   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aksay segment; Altyn Tagh fault zone; Gully offset; Paleoseismic event

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LANDFORMS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

AKSAY SEGMENT; ALTYN TAGH FAULT; ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; FAULT ZONE; FIRST ORDER; GULLY OFFSET; ORDERING STRUCTURE; PALEOSEISMIC EVENT; TARIM BASIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CHARCOAL;

ACTIVE FAULT; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GULLY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEGMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRENCH;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84991821272     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4967.2016.03.013     Document Type: Article

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