Tectonic evolution of the Gyeongsang Basin, southeastern Korea from 140 Ma to the present, based on a strike-slip and block rotation tectonic model

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-363

  Hwang, Byoung Hoon ^a,b   Son, Moon ^b   Yang, Kyounghee ^b   Yoon, Jihae ^b   Ernst, W G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BLOCK ROTATION; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KYONGSANG BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 42549103763     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.4.343     Document Type: Article

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