Multi-level decollement zones and detachment deformation of Longmenshan thrust belt, Sichuan Basin, southwest China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 32-43

  Tang, Liang Jie ^a   Yang, Ke Ming ^b   Jin, Wen Zheng ^a   Lü, Zhi Zhou ^b   Yu, Yi Xin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Decollement layer; Longmenshan thrust belt; Multi level decollement zones; Structural styles

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

CAMBRIANS; DECOLLEMENT LAYER; DEEP LEVELS; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; JURASSIC; LONGMENSHAN THRUST BELT; MULTI-LEVEL DECOLLEMENT ZONES; ORDOVICIAN; SEISMIC PROFILES; SICHUAN BASINS; STRUCTURAL STYLES; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TRIASSIC;

DEFORMATION;

BELT; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DECOLLEMENT; DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 57849167899     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-6014-9     Document Type: Article

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