Tertiary salt pillow structures in the central sector of the Kuqa foreland fold-and-thrust belt, Tarim Basin, northwest China

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-290

  Tang, Liangjie ^a   Jia, Chengzao ^b   Jin, Zhijun ^a   Pi, Xuejun ^b   Chen, Shuping ^a   Xie, Huiwen ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Gravitation; Plastic flow; Salt pillow; The Kuqa foreland fold and thrust belt; The Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA; TERTIARY;

CHINA;

EID: 0141793936     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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