Mesozoic structural architecture of the Lang Shan, North-Central China: Intraplate contraction, extension, and synorogenic sedimentation

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2006-2016

  Darby, Brian J ^a   Ritts, Bradley D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Continental extension; Fold thrust belt; Foreland basin; Inner Mongolia; Intraplate; Ordos; Yinshan

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL EXTENSION; FOLD-THRUST BELT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MESOZOIC; OROGENY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; ORDOS;

EID: 36649035678     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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