Late Cenozoic tectonics of the Kepingtage thrust zone: Interactions of the Tien Shan and Tarim Basin, northwest China

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 639-654

  Allen, Mark B ^a   Vincent, Stephen J ^a   Wheeler, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; QUATERNARY; TECTONICS; TERTIARY; THRUST;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRAIN RATE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; ACTIVE THRUSTING; BALANCED SECTION; COLLISION SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION HISTORY; EPISODIC ACTIVITY; NORTHWEST CHINA; THRUST BELT DEFORMATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0033435229     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900019     Document Type: Article

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