Destruction of the eastern North China Craton in a backarc setting: Evidence from crustal deformation kinematics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-103

  Zhu, Guang ^a   Jiang, Dazhi ^b   Zhang, Bilong ^a   Chen, Yin ^a,b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Normal fault; Oceanic plate motion; Principal extension direction; Rift basin; The eastern North China Craton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860884031     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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