Early Mesozoic basin development and its response to thrusting in the Yanshan fold-and-thrust belt, China

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1025-1049

  Liu, Shaofeng ^a   Zhang, Jinfang ^b   Hong, Shunying ^c   Ritts, Bradley D ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; TRIASSIC;

EID: 36048930511     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.11.1025     Document Type: Article

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