Early Mesozoic overthrust tectonics around the Tanlu fault zone, eastern China: Implications for the North and South China collision

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 584-594

  Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,b   Cai, Jian Xin ^b   Zhu, Jun Xing ^b   Huang, Zhong Jin ^b   Shen, Xiu Zhi ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Early Mesozoic; North China block; Overthrust; Plate tectonics; South China block; Tanlu fault zone

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; LITHOFACIES; MESOZOIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 38649097853     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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