Evolution of the Longmen Shan Foreland Basin (Western Sichuan, China) during the Late Triassic Indosinian orogeny

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-138

  Yong, L ^a   Allen, Philip A ^b   Densmore, A L ^b   Qiang, X ^c  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; FORELAND BASIN; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

CHINA;

EID: 0037339956     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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