Temporal-spatial changes of tectonic subsidence for Cretaceous-Paleogene basins in the eastern North China Craton and their relations with the Craton destruction

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 836-854

  Chen, Yin ^a   Zhu, Guang ^a   Hu, Zhaoqi ^a   Zhang, Bilong ^a   Xiang, Biwei ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Craton destruction; Delamination; Eastern North China Craton; Extensional basin; Tectonic subsidence

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; CRETACEOUS; DELAMINATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PALEOCENE; RIFTING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; BOHAI BAY; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 70449434389     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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