Extensional collapse of the southern part of the Gaoligong range in the western Yunnan, China and its tectonic origin

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1262-1273

  Wang, Gang ^a   Wan, Jinglin ^b   Wang, Erqi ^a,c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Institute of Geology China Earthquake Administration   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Extension; Fission track; Gaoligong Mountain; Gravity collapse; Nujiang River; Tengchong

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FISSION TRACK DATING; NORMAL FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GAOLIGONG MOUNTAINS; TENGCHONG; YUNNAN;

EID: 33845944568     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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