Fold patterns indicating Triassic constrictional deformation on the Liaodong peninsula, eastern China, and tectonic implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-83

  Yang, T N ^a   Peng, Y ^a   Leech, M L ^b   Lin, H Y ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Huatong Mining Industry Company   (China)

Author keywords

Constrictional deformation; Continental collision; Fold pattern; Overriding plate; Sulu UHP terrane

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; FOLDING; OROGENY; OUTCROP; PERMIAN; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRA ROSSA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPRESSION; TRIASSIC; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

CHINA; LIAODONG PENINSULA; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 78449291369     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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