The Akato Tagh bend along the Altyn Tagh fault, northwest Tibet 1: Smoothing by vertical-axis rotation and the effect of topographic stresses on bend-flanking faults

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1423-1442

  Cowgill, Eric ^a,b   Yin, An ^a   Arrowsmith, J Ramón ^c   Wang, Xiao Feng ^d   Zhang, Shuanhong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh fault; Fault strength; Restraining bend; Strike slip systems; Tibetan Plateau; Topographic stress

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DEFORMATION; MAPPING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MECHANICS;

BEDROCK; FAULTING; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 9244261008     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25359.1     Document Type: Article

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