Late Mesozoic shear zones and its chronology in the Dabie Mountains, Central China

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-123

  Hou, Quanlin ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Zhang, Hongyuan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar chronology; Extensional detachment structures; Late Mesozoic; Shear zones; The Dabie Mountains

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34250615525     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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