Mesozoic-Cenozoic dynamics of Longmenshan foreland basin along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its coupled relationship with continnent collision

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1101-1109

  Li, Yong ^a   Allen, P A ^b   Zhou, Rongjun ^c   Densmore, A L ^b   Ellis, M A ^d  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Continents collision; Eastern margin Tibetan Plateau; Flexural deflection; Longmenshan foreland basin; Mesozoic; Strike slipping erosional unloading; Tabular shaped tectonic sequence; Thrusting tectonic loads; Wedge shaped tectonic sequence

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; FORELAND BASIN; MESOZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33845979130     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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