Early cretaceous extensional structures in the Liaodong Peninsula: Structural associations, geochronological constraints and regional tectonic implications

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 823-842

  Liu, Jun Lai ^a   Ji, Mo ^a,b   Shen, Liang ^a   Guan, Hui Mei ^a,c   Davis, Gregory A ^a,d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous extension; East Asia; geochronology; Liaodong Peninsula; the North China Craton

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC PATTERNS; COMMON FEATURES; CRETACEOUS EXTENSION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DETACHMENT FAULTING; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EAST ASIA; EURASIA PLATE; FLUID FLOW; HALF GRABEN; LIAODONG PENINSULA; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MONGOLIA; NORTH CHINA; NORTHEAST CHINA; PLUTONS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; ROOTING DEPTHS; SOUTH CHINA; STRUCTURAL MOBILITY; THE NORTH CHINA CRATON; U-PB DATING;

COMPLEXATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CRETACEOUS; DETACHMENT FAULT; EURASIAN PLATE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRABEN; KINEMATICS; PLATE TECTONICS; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; LIAODONG PENINSULA; LIAONING;

EID: 79956087908     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4189-y     Document Type: Article

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