Thermal regime transition in eastern North China and its tectonic implication

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 840-848

  Fu, Mingxi ^a   Hu, Shengbiao ^a   Wang, Jiyang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

"Thermal" lithospheric thickness; Eastern North China; Paleo heat flow; Thermal regime; Thinning of lithosphere

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH SCIENCES; HEAT TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

"THERMAL" LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; EASTERN NORTH CHINA; PALEO-HEAT FLOW; THERMAL REGIME; THINNING OF LITHOSPHERE;

TECTONICS;

BOREHOLE; DEPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALEOZOIC; TECTONICS; THERMAL REGIME; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33746379072     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0098     Document Type: Article

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