Cenozoic structural deformation and dynamic processes of the Bohai Bay basin province, China

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 757-771

  Qi, Jiafu ^a   Yang, Qiao ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Bohai Bay; Extensional structure; Rifting basin; Strike slip structure

Indexed keywords

BOHAI BAY; BOHAI BAY BASIN; CENOZOIC; CROSS SECTION; DYNAMIC PROCESS; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GROWTH FAULT; LATE OLIGOCENE; MIOCENE; NEO GENES; NORMAL FAULTS; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; QUATERNARY SEQUENCE; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SLIP SYSTEM; STRIKE-SLIP DEFORMATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRIKE-SLIP STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; SUBBASINS; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TRANSFER FAULTS;

BUILDINGS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HORST; NEOGENE; NORMAL FAULT; OLIGOCENE; OVERPRINTING; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; QUATERNARY; RIFTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

BOHAI BAY; CHINA;

EID: 77950518775     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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