A large-scale salt nappe complex in the leading edge of the Kuqa foreland fold-thrust belt, Tarim basin, Northwest China

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Tang, Liangjie ^a   Jin, Zhijun ^a,b   Jia, Chengzao ^c   Pi, Xuejun ^d   Chen, Shuping ^a   Xie, Huiwen ^d   Wang, Ziyu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

^c PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

^d TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Salt nappe; Tarim basin; The leading edge of the Kuqa foreland fold thrust belt; Thrust fault

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; NAPPE; SALT; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 4143091356     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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