Late Mesozoic rift evolution and crustal extension in the central Songliao Basin, northeastern China: Constraints from cross-section restoration and implications for lithospheric thinning

International Geology Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-207

  Ge, Rongfeng ^a   Zhang, Qinglong ^a   Wang, Liangshu ^a   Chen, Juan ^a   Xie, Guo'ai ^a   Wang, Xiyong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cross section restoration; extensional tectonics; lithospheric thinning; rift; Songliao Basin

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THINNING; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; LOWER CRUST; MESOZOIC; NORMAL FAULT; PETROFABRIC; RIFTING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC PLATE;

CHINA; SONGLIAO BASIN;

EID: 84863116721     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2010.511900     Document Type: Review

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