Vertical-axis bending of the altyn tagh belt along the altyn tagh fault: Evidence from late cenozoic deformation within and around the xorkol basin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 444, Issue , 2008, Pages 25-44

  Wang, Erchie ^a   Xu, Feng Yin ^b   Zhou, Jian Xun ^c   Wang, Shifeng ^a   Fan, Chung ^a   Wang, Gang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Qinghai Petroleum Sub corporation of PetroChina Company Ltd   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn tagh belt; Altyn tagh fault; Bending; Late ceno zoic time; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; HORIZONTAL MOTION; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LATE CENO-ZOIC TIME; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRANSFER MOTION; TRANSTENSIONAL DEFORMATION;

BENDING (DEFORMATION);

BENDING; CENOZOIC; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSION; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT; TRANSTENSION; UPLIFT;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 75249099692     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2444(02)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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