The Jinhe-Qinghe fault-An inactive branch of the Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault zone, Eastern Tibet

Tectonophysics

Volumn 544-545, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-102

  Shifeng, Wang ^a   Guiguo, Jiang ^b   Tiande, Xu ^c   Yuntao, Tian ^d   Dewen, Zheng ^e   Xiaomin, Fang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BGEEMRSP   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Jinhe Qinghe fault; Left lateral strike slip; Longmen Shan thrust belt; Offset; Xianshuihe Xiaojiang fault zone

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; JINHE-QINGHE FAULT; LEFT-LATERAL STRIKE SLIP; OFFSET; THRUST BELTS;

GEOMETRY; TECTONICS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

APATITE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

CHINA; XIANSHUIHE FAULT ZONE; XIAOJIANG FAULT ZONE; YUNNAN;

EID: 84860993886     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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