Late Cenozoic sedimentary process and its response to the slip history of the Central Altyn Tagh fault, NW China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue , 2001, Pages 103-111

  Zhengle, Chen ^a   Yueqiao, Zhang ^a   Xuanhua, Chen ^a   Xiaofeng, Wang ^a   Ramon, A S ^b   Zack, W B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh fault; Late Cenozoic; Sedimentary process; Slip history

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING MODELS;

SEDIMENTATION;

CENOZOIC; FAULT SLIP; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0035726771     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02911977     Document Type: Article

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