Temporal constraints and pulsed Late Cenozoic deformation during the structural disruption of the active Kashi foreland, northwest China

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Heermance, Richard V ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^c   Burbank, Douglas W ^a   Miao, Jijung ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; APATITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOLDING; FORELAND BASIN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 62249136360     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007TC002226     Document Type: Article

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