Cenozoic vertical-axis rotation of the Altyn Tagh fault system

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 819-822

  Rumelhart, P E ^a   Yin, An ^b   Cowgill, E ^b   Butler, R ^c   Qing, Zhang ^d   Wang, Xiao Feng ^d  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; ALTYN TAGH FAULT SYSTEM; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; DECLINATION DATUM; PALEOMAGNETIC DECLINATIONS; SMALL DISPLACEMENT; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

ROTATION;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ALTYN TAGH; CHINA; TARIM BASIN;

EID: 0033396355     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0819:CVAROT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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