Characteristics of late cretaceous faults of the eastern segment of the northern Qaidam basin, NW China

Mining Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-114

  SHEN, Zhong yan ^a,b   XIAO, An chen ^a,b   CHEN, Zhi yong ^c   DING, Wei xing ^d   CHEN, Han lin ^a,b   WANG, Liang ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Qinghai Petroleum Company   (China)

^d Jiangsu Petroleum Exploration Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

E W strike slip faults; Late Cretaceous; northern Qaidam Basin; NW SE thrust faults; simple shear

Indexed keywords

E-W STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; LATE CRETACEOUS; NORTHERN QAIDAM BASIN; NW-SE THRUST FAULTS; SIMPLE-SHEAR;

TECTONICS;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EID: 70350677090     PISSN: 16745264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1674-5264(09)60020-X     Document Type: Article

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