4-D textural and structural characteristics of Longmen intracontinental composite orogenic belt, southwest China

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1151-1180

  Liu, Shugen ^a   Li, Zhiwu ^a   Cao, Junxing ^a   Liu, Shun ^a   Deng, Bin ^a   Wang, Guozhi ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 D textural and structural characteristics; Dip structural zonation; Longmen Mountains; Orogenic belt; Strike structural segmentation; Temporally sequential evolution; Vertically structural delamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651348177     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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