Present-day kinematics at the India-Asia collision zone Export

@article{citeulike:2034140, abstract = {The collision of the Indian subcontinent with Asia drives the growth and evolution of the greater Tibetan Plateau region. Fault slip rates resulting from the relative motion between crustal blocks can provide a kinematic description of the distribution of present-day deformation. I construct a three-dimensional, regional-scale elastic block model of the India-Asia collision zone that is consistent with geodetic observations of interseismic deformation, mapped fault system geometry, historical seismicity, and the mechanics of the earthquake cycle. This mechanical model of the elastic upper crust yields a set of kinematically consistent fault slip rates and block motions that may serve to constrain dynamic models of continental crustal dynamics.}, author = {Meade, B. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2034140}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G22924A.1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2007Geo....35...81M}, doi = {10.1130/G22924A.1}, journal = {Geology}, keywords = {asia, deformation, kinematics}, month = {January}, pages = {81+}, posted-at = {2007-12-01 01:57:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Present-day kinematics at the India-Asia collision zone}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G22924A.1}, volume = {35}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2034140 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2034140 N2 - The collision of the Indian subcontinent with Asia drives the growth and evolution of the greater Tibetan Plateau region. Fault slip rates resulting from the relative motion between crustal blocks can provide a kinematic description of the distribution of present-day deformation. I construct a three-dimensional, regional-scale elastic block model of the India-Asia collision zone that is consistent with geodetic observations of interseismic deformation, mapped fault system geometry, historical seismicity, and the mechanics of the earthquake cycle. This mechanical model of the elastic upper crust yields a set of kinematically consistent fault slip rates and block motions that may serve to constrain dynamic models of continental crustal dynamics. JF - Geology TI - Present-day kinematics at the India-Asia collision zone VL - 35 SP - 81 KW - asia KW - deformation KW - kinematics AU - Meade, BJ PY - 2007/January// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G22924A.1 ER -