Mechanical instability of the Taihang Mountains crust-transition zone and its relation to the tectonic compression in its frontal cenozoic basin

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 495-502

  He, Jiankun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ductile flow; East basin of North China; Mechanical instability; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHINA; TAIHANG MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0141760370     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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