Late Mesozoic extensional tectonics of the Liaodong Peninsula massif: Response of crust to continental lithosphere destruction of the North China Craton

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 843-857

  Lin, Wei ^a   Wang, Qing Chen ^a   Wang, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a   Chu, Yang ^a,b   Chen, Ke ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

destruction of the North China Craton; geometry and kinematics; Late Mesozoic extensional tectonics; Liaodong Peninsula massif

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; COOLING STAGE; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; JURASSIC; LIAODONG PENINSULA MASSIF; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MAGMATIC ROCK; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUTONS; PRECAMBRIAN; REGIONAL SCALE; SHEARING DEFORMATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FOOTWALL; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MESOZOIC; PLUTON;

CHINA; LIAODONG PENINSULA; LIAONING; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 79956115458     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4190-5     Document Type: Article

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