Geological analysis and FT dating of the large-scale right-lateral strike-slip movement of the Red River fault zone

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-342

  Xiang, HongFa ^a   Wan, JingLin ^a   Han, ZhuJun ^a   Guo, ShunMin ^a   Zhang, WanXia ^a   Chen, LiChun ^a   Dong, XingQuan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION OF YUNNAN PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Dextral displacement times; Fission track dating; Geological analysis; The Red River fault

Indexed keywords

APATITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; RIVERS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; RED RIVER [ASIA];

EID: 33947327246     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2037-x     Document Type: Article

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