Influence of basement faults on the development of salt structures in the Kuqa foreland fold-and-thrust belt in the northern Tarim basin

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-336

  Yu, Yixin ^a   Tang, Liangjie ^a   Li, Jingchang ^a,b   Yang, Wenjing ^c   Jin, Wenzheng ^a   Peng, Gengxin ^c   Lei, Ganglin ^c   Wan, Guimei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Basement faults; Kuqa foreland fold and thrust belt; Paleo uplift; Physical modelling; Salt structures; Tarim basin

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33745018212     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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