Two phases of Mesozoic north-south extension in the eastern Altyn Tagh range, northern Tibetan Plateau

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Xuanhua ^a   Yin, An ^b   Gehrels, George E ^c   Cowgill, Eric S ^b   Grove, Marty ^b   Harrison, T Mark ^b   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh fault; Extensional tectonics; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; MESOZOIC; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 2342527923     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001336     Document Type: Article

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