Recent activities of the Tan-Lu fault zone in the central Bohai Sea and newly generated faults during Neogene in Bohai

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-364

  Gao, Xianglin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Newly generated fault; Normal fault; The central Bohai Sea; The Tan Lu fault zone

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; NEOGENE; NORMAL FAULT; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA; BOHAI SEA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAN-LU FAULT ZONE; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 33749383513     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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