The enigmatic Yinshan fold-and-thrust belt of northern China: New views on its intraplate contractional styles

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-46

  Davis, Gregory A ^a   Cong, Wang ^a   Yadong, Zheng ^b   Jinjiang, Zhang ^b   Changhou, Zhang ^c   Gehrels, George E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

EARLY CRETACEOUS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; INNER MONGOLIA; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; NORMAL FAULTING; NORTH CHINA; NORTHERN CHINA; THRUST FAULTING;

FAULTING;

ARCHEAN; CONTRACTION; CRETACEOUS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; FAULTING; FOLDING; MAGMATISM;

KHABAROVSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NEI MONGGOL; OKHOTSK; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; CHINA; YINSHAN BELT;

EID: 0031961212     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0043:TEYFAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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