Cenozoic faulting of the Bohai Bay Basin and its bearing on the destruction of the eastern North China Craton

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-93

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

^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

Cenozoic; Destruction; Extensional basin; Lithosphere thinning; North china craton; Strike slip faulting; Zhangjuhe fault sSystem

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; FOLDING; GRABEN; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; PACIFIC PLATE; RIFTING; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE;

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

EID: 84857600133     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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