Present-day deformation of the Qaidam basin with implications for intra-continental tectonics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 165-181

  Chen, Wang Ping ^a   Chen, Chu Yung ^a   Nábelek, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active mountain building; Basin inversion; Continental plateau; Qaidam basin; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; DEFORMATION; INVERSION TECTONICS; OROGENY; TECTONICS;

CHINA;

EID: 0033541973     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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