Quantification of growth and lateral propagation of the Kashi anticline, southwest Chinese Tian Shan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Jie ^a   Heermance, Richard ^b   Burbank, Douglas W ^b   Scharer, Katherine M ^c   Miao, Jijun ^d,e   Wang, Changsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FORELAND BASIN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 34548556312     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004345     Document Type: Article

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