Tertiary fault-slip analysis and paleostress reconstruction of the Kuqa Depression, north Tarim Basin

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 496-506

  Zhang, Zhongpei ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Guo, Hong ^b   Song, Wenjie ^b   Wang, Qingchen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Fault slip analysis; Palaeostress reconstruction; Structural deformation; The Kuqa Depression

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PALEOSTRESS; TERTIARY; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 12444270040     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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