Late Cenozoic deformation along the northwestern continuation of the Xianshuihe fault system, Eastern Tibetan Plateau

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 312-327

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Fan, Chun ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Wang, Erchie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Clockwise rotation; Late Cenozoic time; Restraining bend; Stream offset; Xianshuihe fault system

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT SYSTEM; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIP-SLIP FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRABEN; HORST; MIOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE;

EID: 44449135455     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25833.1     Document Type: Article

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