Upper crustal response to Mesozoic tectonism in western Liaoning, North China, and implications for lithospheric delamination

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 280, Issue , 2007, Pages 201-222

  Cope, T D ^a   Graham, S A ^b  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; DELAMINATION; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING;

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

EID: 34447545827     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP280.10     Document Type: Article

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