Mesozoic and cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Longmenshan fault belt

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-592

  Wang, ErChie ^a   Meng, QingRen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chengdu Plain; Flooding; Landslide; Longmenshan; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOS; ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; CENOZOIC; CHENGDU PLAIN; CLOCKWISE ROTATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL DEFORMATIONS; FLOODING; FOLD BELTS; FORELAND BASINS; GRAINED SEDIMENTS; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; LATE CENOZOIC; LATE MIOCENE; LATE PALEOZOIC; LATE TRIASSIC; LONGMENSHAN; MAIN SHOCKS; MESOZOIC; MINJIANG RIVERS; NATURAL DAMS; PALEO-TETHYS; ROCK AVALANCHES; ROCK FALLS; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASINS; SOUTH CHINAS; TECTONIC ACTIVITIES; TECTONIC EVENTS; TECTONIC EVOLUTIONS; TECTONIC HISTORY; TIBETAN PLATEAUX; TRANSFER FAULTS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; YANGTZE BLOCKS;

DAMS; DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; MINE FLOODING; ROCK BURSTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

FLOODS;

CENOZOIC; CONVERGENCE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FLOODING; LANDSLIDE; MESOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHENGDU; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 65549148293     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0053-8     Document Type: Article

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