Mesozoic basins in eastern China and their bearing on the deconstruction of the North China Craton

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-79

  Li, Sanzhong ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^b   Dai, Liming ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Zhou, Lihong ^c   Santosh, M ^d   Suo, Yanhui ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PETROCHINA DAGANG OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Mesozoic basin; North china craton; Plateau; Tan Lu fault system

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; EXTRUSION; MESOZOIC; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84857532515     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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