Emplacement of the Longmen Shan Thrust-Nappe Belt along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-430

  Chen, She Fa ^a   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOSINIAN OROGENY; NAPPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUSTING;

CHINA, TIBET, TIBETAN PLATEAU, LONGMEN SHAN;

KLIPPEN STRUCTURES; LONGMEN SHAN THRUST-NAPPE BELT; MOUNTAIN; NAPPE; PRE-THRUSTING EXTENSION; SYN-DEPOSITIONAL NORMAL FAULTS; THIN SKINNED FOLD; THRUST SHEETS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029772199     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8141(95)00096-V     Document Type: Article

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