Transfer zones within the Longmen Mountains thrust belt, SW China

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Jin, Wenzheng ^a   Tang, Liangjie ^b   Yang, Keming ^c   Wan, Guimei ^a,b   Lü, Zhizhou ^a,b   Yu, Yixin ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting   (China)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Anxian; Guanxian; Longmen Mountains thrust belt; Strike slip fault; Thrust fault; Transfer zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849228834     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-009-0001-9     Document Type: Article

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