High-resolution mapping based on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to capture paleoseismic offsets along the Altyn-Tagh fault, China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Gao, Mingxing ^a   Xu, Xiwei ^b   Klinger, Yann ^c   Van Der Woerd, Jerome ^d   Tapponnier, Paul ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 85027529617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08119-2     Document Type: Article

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