Sinistral to normal faulting along the Tan-Lu fault zone: Evidence for geodynamic switching of the East China continental margin

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-293

  Zhu, Guang ^a   Niu, Manlan ^a   Xie, Chenglong ^a   Wang, Yongsheng ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOPHYSICS; TRANSPRESSION;

CHINA; TAN-LU FAULT ZONE;

EID: 77951434659     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651540     Document Type: Article

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