Structural interpretation of extensional deformation along the Dali fault system, southeastern margin of the Tibetan plateau

International Geology Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-310

  Fan, Chun ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Wang, Shifeng ^a   Wang, Erchie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; PLATE MOTION; PLATEAU; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 33744466005     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.48.4.287     Document Type: Article

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