Quaternary folding in the south piedmont of central segment of Tianshan mountains

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1907-1911

  Lu, Huafu ^a   Wang, Shengli ^a   Jia, Dong ^a   Suppe, J ^b   Hubert Ferrari, A ^b   Yin, Donghao ^a   Yan, Fuli ^a   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal shortening rate; Fault related fold; Fold scarp; Kuqa; Tianshan Mountains

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MINERALOGY; QUATERNARY;

EID: 0036858077     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9417     Document Type: Article

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