Mesozoic lithospheric deformation in the North China block: Numerical simulation of evolution from orogenic belt to extensional basin system

Tectonophysics

Volumn 405, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 47-63

  Wang, Yanghua ^a   Houseman, G A ^b   Lin, G ^c   Guo, F ^c   Wang, Y J ^c   Fan, W M ^c   Chang, X ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Basin formation; Continental shortening and extension; Crustal deformation; Geodynamics; Lithospheric thinning; North China block; Thin sheet models

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MESOZOIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; WORLD;

EID: 23144458301     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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