Extensional structures within the compressional orogenic belt and its mechanism: A case study for the Late Cenozoic deformation in central Yunnan

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-199

  Wang, Gang ^a   Wang, Er Chie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antiform; Central Yunnan Plateau; Chuandian block; Chuxiong Basin; Synform; Xiaojiang Fault system

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OROGENIC BELT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YUNNAN;

EID: 24644471909     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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