Late cenozoic right-lateral movement along the wenquan fault and associated deformation: Implications for the kinematic history of the Qaidam Basin, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 861-879

  Wang, Erchie ^a   Burchfiel, B Clark ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 6444225657     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.10.861     Document Type: Article

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