Late Early Permian (266 Ma) N-S compressional deformation of the Turfan basin, NW China: The cause of the change in basin pattern

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1311-1324

  Yang, T N ^a   Li, J Y ^a   Wang, Y ^b   Dang, Y X ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b China University of Geosciences   (China)

^c Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar Geochronology; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Constriction; Tectonic transition; Transpressional

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENIC BELT; PERMIAN; PROVENANCE; SHEAR ZONE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TURPAN BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 69849087673     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-008-0396-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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