Measurement of terrace deformation and crustal shortening of some renascent fold zones within Kalpin nappe structure

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-42

  Yang, XiaoPing ^a   Ran, YongKang ^a   Cheng, JianWu ^a   Chen, LiChun ^a   Xu, XiWei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active folds; Crustal shortening; Kalpin nappe structure; Terrace folding; Tianshan Mountains

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

FOLD ZONES; NAPPE STRUCTURE; TERRACE DEFORMATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; MESOZOIC; NAPPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 33846423506     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2072-7     Document Type: Article

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