Tectonics of the late Mesozoic wide extensional basin system in the China-Mongolia border region

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 397-415

  Meng, Qing Ren ^a   Hu, Jian Min ^b   Jin, Jiu Qiang ^c   Zhang, Yan ^c   Xu, Da Feng ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c China National Petroleum Company   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MESOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA; MONGOLIA;

EID: 0141631881     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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