Holocene activity and paleoseismicity of the Selaha Fault, southeastern segment of the strike-slip Xianshuihe Fault Zone, Tibetan Plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 694, Issue , 2017, Pages 302-318

  Yan, Bing ^a,b   Lin, Aiming ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ganzi Yushu Xianshuihe Fault System; Holocene activity; Left lateral strike slip fault; Recurrence interval; Selaha Fault; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; STRAIN ENERGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HOLOCENES; MORPHOGENIC EARTHQUAKES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; TECTONIC BOUNDARIES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; XIANSHUIHE FAULT;

FAULT SLIPS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; STREAM CHANNEL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE;

EID: 85028274076     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.11.014     Document Type: Article

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