Not all folds and thrusts in the Yangtze foreland thrust belt are related to the Dabie Orogen: Insights from Mesozoic deformation south of the Yangtze River

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 650-663

  Li, S Z ^a,b   Zhao, G C ^c   Zhang, G W ^d   Liu, X C ^e   Dong, S W ^e   Wang, Y J ^f   Liu, X ^a,b   Suo, Y H ^a,b   Dai, L M ^a,b   Jin, C ^a,b   Liu, L P ^a,b   Hao, Y ^a,b   Liu, E S ^a,b   Wang, J ^a,b   Wang, T ^a,b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^f GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Dabie Orogen; Eastern China; Fold and thrust belt; Foreland basin; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955013099     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1214     Document Type: Article

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