A discussion on the tectonic framework of Chinese mainland

Geology in China

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 949-965

  Ge, Xiao Hong ^a,b   Ma, Wen Pu ^b   Liu, Jun Lai ^b   Ren, Shou Mai ^c   Liu, Yong Jiang ^a   Yuan, Si Hua ^d   Wang, Min Pei ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia extrusion tectonics; Tectonic framework of Chinese mainland; Tectonic reconstruction; Tectonic reconstruction of intracontinental deformation; Western China plate

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; NAPPE; OCEAN BASIN; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; INDOCHINA; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; QAIDAM MOUNTAINS; QIANGTANG BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; XIZANG; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 73949107431     PISSN: 10003657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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