Tectonics of the Longmen Shan and Adjacent Regions, Central China

International Geology Review

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 661-735

  Zhiliang, Chen ^b   Yuping, Liu ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; OROGENESIS; TECTONICS;

CHINA, LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029431589     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819509465424     Document Type: Article

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