Cenozoic Left-Slip Motion along the Central Altyn Tagh Fault as Inferred from the Sedimentary Record

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 839-856

  Chen, Zhengle ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a   yin, An ^b   Chen, Bailin ^a   Chen, Xuanhua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 4744340411     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.9.839     Document Type: Article

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