Flower-structures formed in two levels along the Altun fault

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-59

  Liu, Junlai ^a   Pan, Hongxun ^b   Ren, Shoumai ^a   Ge, Xiaohong ^a   Ye, Huiwen ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanjing Institute of Geophysical Prospecting   (China)

Author keywords

Flower structure; Strike slip faulting; Structural evolution; The Altun fault

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT ZONE; MYLONITE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 0041888167     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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