Structural characteristics of middle and southern Xainza-Dinggye Normal Fault System and its relationship to Southern Tibetan Detachment System

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1063-1069

  Zhang, Jinjiang ^a   Guo, Lei ^a   Ding, Lin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Extensional structure; Southern Tibetan Detachment System (STDS); Tibetan Plateau; Xainza Dinggye Normal Fault System (XDNFS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; GEOLOGY; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR FLOW; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 20544478378     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9239     Document Type: Article

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