Evolution of the Minle and Chaoshui Basins, China: Implications for Mesozoic strike-slip basin formation in Central Asia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 725-742

  Vincent, Stephen J ^a   Allen, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CLIMATIC PERIODS; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

FAULT SLIPS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BASIN ANALYSIS; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; JURASSIC; PULL APART BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CHAOSHUI BASIN; CHINA; MINLE BASIN;

EID: 0032876459     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0725:EOTMAC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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