Sedimentary features of the Cenozoic in the western Qaidam Basin: Response to strike-slipping of the Altun fault

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 344-354

  Liu, Zuhan ^a   Wu, Genyao ^b   Yang, Mengda ^a   Guo, Zeqing ^c   Wen, Zhifeng ^c  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Dextral strike slipping; Sedimentary response; Sinistral strike slipping; The Altun fault; The western Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

ARGILLACEOUS DEPOSIT; BASIN EVOLUTION; CARBONATE ROCK; CENOZOIC; OROGENY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 33749328671     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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