From oblique accretion to transpression in the evolution of the Altaid collage: New insights from West Junggar, northwestern China

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 530-547

  Choulet, Flavien ^a   Faure, Michel ^a   Cluzel, Dominique ^b   Chen, Yan ^a   Lin, Wei ^c   Wang, Bo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altaids; Late Paleozoic; Oblique convergence; Tectonics; Transpression; West Junggar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856217474     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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