Features and mechanism of corrugation structure in the Liaonan (southern Liaoning) metamorphic core complex

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mo, Ji ^a   Ling, Hu ^a   Junlai, Liu ^a   Huimei, Guan ^a   Davis, Gregory ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrugation structure; Detachment fault; Emplacement of pluton; The Liaonan (southern Liaoning) metamorphic core complex

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; DIP; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

EID: 44249122244     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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