Late Cenozoic active fold-and-thrust belts in the southern and northern flanks of Tianshan

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 725-744

  Guan, Shuwei ^a   Li, Bengliang ^a,b   He, Dengfa ^c   Wang, Xin ^d   Suppe, John ^e   Lei, Ganglin ^f  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Displacement; Jingouhe Anjihaihe cross section; Kuqa cross section; Pliocene; Shortening rate; Structural deformation; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FOLD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOTECTONICS; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUQA; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34548098075     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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