Features of fault structure in southern margin of west segment of the South Tianshan, and its control to evolution of the Wushi Sag

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 639-655

  Zheng, Min ^a   Lei, Ganglin ^b   Huang, Shaoying ^b   Wu, Chao ^b   Luo, Shenchao ^b   Li, Yuejun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Chinese South Tianshan; Deformational patterns; Meso Cenozoic; The Kuqa depression; The Wensu Rise; The Wushi Sag

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BELT; CENOZOIC; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; OROGENY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

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

EID: 38849184572     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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