Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Asia: A preliminary synthesis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 293-325

  Yin, An ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic tectonics of Asia; Continent continent collision; Extrusion tectonics; Intracontinental deformation; Intracontinental volcanism; Trench retreat

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; AFGHANISTAN; ARC MAGMATISM; ASIAN CONTINENT; BACK-ARC; BACK-ARC BASIN; BOHAI BAY; CAUCASUS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CENOZOIC; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; COLLISIONAL PROCESS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPETING MODELS; COMPLEX EVOLUTIONS; CONTINENT COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; EAST ASIA; EXTRUSION TECTONICS; FAR-FIELD; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; IN-BETWEEN; INTRA-CONTINENTAL BASINS; JAPAN SEA; JURASSIC; LATE STAGE; LATERAL EXTRUSION; LEADING EDGE; LOCALIZED EXTENSIONS; MAGMATIC ARCS; MAGMATISMS; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MONGOLIA; NORTH CHINA; OBLIQUE SUBDUCTION; OROGENS; PACIFIC PLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; QAIDAM BASIN; SHEAR ZONE; SIBERIA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TESTING GROUNDS; THERMAL EVENTS; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL HEATING; THERMAL STATE; THRUST BELTS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIBETANS; TRAILING EDGES; TRENCH SYSTEMS; TURKISHS; TWO STAGE; UPPER MANTLE; WESTERN PACIFIC;

BIOLOGY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; SPREADING CENTER; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC PLATE; VOLCANISM;

AEGEAN SEA; AFGHANISTAN; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONGOLIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 77953870685     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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