Early Cretaceous supradetachment basins in the Hohhot metamorphic core complex, Inner Mongolia, China

Basin Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  Ritts, B D ^a   Berry, A K ^b   Johnson, C L ^c   Darby, B J ^d   Davis, G A ^e  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Legado Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BASIN FILL; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOOTWALL; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHEET FLOW; STREAMFLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TERRANE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; DAQING SHAN; HOHHOT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 74949114980     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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