Research on the thrust tectonics of the eastern Tianshan belt, Xinjiang

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages

  Shu, Liangshu ^a   Ma, Ruishi ^a   Guo, Lingzhi ^a   Sun, Jiaqi ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Inst of Arch/Civ Eng   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Ductile shear; Orogenic belt; Paleozoic; The eastern Tianshan; Thrust tectonics

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUSTING;

CHINA, XINJIANG, TIAN SHAN;

EID: 0031443773     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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