Extrusion of the Altyn Tagh wedge: A kinematic model for the Altyn Tagh fault and palinspastic reconstruction of northern China

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 427-430

  Zhou, Da ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; KINEMATICS;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; KINEMATIC MODEL; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; NORTHERN CHINA; NORTHWEST CHINA; OROGENIC BELTS; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT; WEDGE MODELS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT ZONE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT; ACCRETION; EXTRUSION TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONICS;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; ALTYN TAGH UPLIFT;

EID: 0029774167     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0427:EOTATW>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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