Tectonic evolution of the Tancheng-Lujiang (Tan-Lu) fault via Middle Triassic to Early Cenozoic paleomagnetic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B7, 1999, Pages 15365-15390

  Gilder, Stuart A ^a   Leloup, P Hervé ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a   Chen, Yan ^b   Coe, Robert S ^c   Zhao, Xixi ^c   Xiao, Wenjiao ^d   Halim, Nadir ^a   Cogné, Jean Pascal ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; TAN-LU FAULT; TANCHENG-LUJIANG FAULT;

EID: 0032718259     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900123     Document Type: Article

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