Structural and thermal characters of the Longmen Shan (Sichuan, China)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 165-173

  Robert, A ^a   Pubellier, M ^a   de Sigoyer, J ^a   Vergne, J ^b   Lahfid, A ^a   Cattin, R ^c   Findling, N ^a   Zhu, J ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Longmen Shan; Structural geology; Thermal data

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; LONGMEN SHAN; LOWER TEMPERATURES; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; THERMAL DATA;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FAULT ZONE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THERMAL REGIME; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN BASIN; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 77955412953     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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