Structural segmentation of salt structures in the frontal ranges of the Kuqa foreland fold and thrust belt, northern Tarim Basin

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-173

  Yu, Yixin ^a,b   Tang, Liangjie ^a,b   Yang, Wenjing ^c   Peng, Gengxin ^c   Lei, Ganglin ^c   Jin, Wenzheng ^a,b   Wan, Guimei ^a,b   Ma, Yujie ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Fault related fold; Kuqa foreland fold and thrust belt; Salt tectonics; Structural segmentation

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; FIELD METHOD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; FRONTIER REGION; KINEMATICS; SALT TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34250668822     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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