Tectonic history of the Altyn Tagh fault system in northern Tibet inferred from Cenozoic sedimentation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1257-1295

  Yin, A ^a   Rumelhart, P E ^a   Butler, R ^a   Cowgill, E ^a   Harrison, T M ^a   Foster, D A ^a   Ingersoll, R V ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Zhou, Xian Qiang ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a   Hanson, A ^a   Raza, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreland basin; Strike slip faults; Tarim basin; Thrust faults; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING FAULTS;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; FORELAND BASIN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA;

EID: 0036810967     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1257:THOTAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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