Tectonic origin of klippen at the foot of the Wuliangshan thrust belt, Western Yunnan

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-322

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Wang, Erqi ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Erosion; Klippen; Landslide; Topographic feature; Wuliangshan thrust belt

Indexed keywords

EROSION; KLIPPE; LANDSLIDE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

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

EID: 24944456642     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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