A case study on lateral extrusion occurred along some orogenic belts in China

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1266-1288

  Wang, Erchie ^a   Su, Zhe ^a   Xu, Guang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics; Lateral extrusion; Qinling Dabie orogenic belt; South China; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860577764     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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