Diachronous lithospheric thinning of the North China Craton and formation of the Daxin'anling-Taihangshan gravity lineament

Lithos

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 281-298

  Xu, Yi Gang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Daxin'anling Taihangshan gravity lineament; Lithospheric thinning; North China Craton

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL THINNING; DIACHRONISM; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LINEAMENT; LITHOSPHERE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 34248361582     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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