Cenozoic structure and tectonic evolution of the kuqa fold belt, Southern Tianshan, China

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 94, 2011, Pages 215-243

  Wang, Xin ^a   Suppe, John ^b,e   Guan, Shuwei ^c   Hubert Ferrari, Aurelia ^d   Gonzalez Mieres, Ramon ^e,f   Jia, Chengzao ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FOLD; FOLD BELT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84863461133     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13251339M94389     Document Type: Article

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