Late Mesozoic tectonic transition of the eastern North China Craton: Evidence from basin-fill records

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 280, Issue , 2007, Pages 239-266

  Li, Zhong ^a   Li, Y ^b   Zheng, J P ^c   Han, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BASIN FILL; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEPOCENTER; GEODYNAMICS; JURASSIC; LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSITION ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

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

EID: 34447569371     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP280.12     Document Type: Article

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