Fold-related faulting: An example from the cenozoic salt-overlying beds in the Kuqa depression

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 496-505

  Wu, Guanghui ^a   Luo, Chunshu ^a   Hu, Taiping ^a   Huang, Guangjian ^a   Xi, Qin ^a   Li, Wenhua ^a  

^a CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Deformation of the salt overlying beds; Fault related folding; Fold related faulting; Salt structures; The Cenozoic Kuqa depression

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULTING; FOLD; FOLDING; SALT TECTONICS;

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

EID: 35948943401     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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