What drove late Mesozoic extension of the northern China-Mongolia tract?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 369, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 155-174

  Meng, Qing Ren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal extension; Daqing Shan; Gravitational collapse; Northern China and Mongolia; Yinshan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MESOZOIC; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; DAQING SHAN; NEI MONGGOL; YINSHAN;

EID: 0041592583     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00195-1     Document Type: Article

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