Late Paleoproterozoic extension and a paleostress field reconstruction of the North China Craton

Tectonophysics

Volumn 422, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 89-98

  Hou, Guiting ^a,b   Wang, Chuancheng ^a   Li, Jianghai ^a   Qian, Xianglin ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aulacogens; Crustal extension; Finite element modeling; Geochronology; Mafic dyke swarms; Paleostress reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DIKE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOSTRESS; PROTEROZOIC; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 33746309820     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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