Late Mesozoic-Early Cenozoic deformation history of the Yuanma Basin, central South China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 570-571, Issue , 2012, Pages 163-183

  Jianhua, Li ^a,b   Yueqiao, Zhang ^a   Shuwen, Dong ^a   Hailong, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Late Mesozoic Early Cenozoic; South China; Tectonic stress field; Yuanma Basin

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EXTENSION; SOUTH CHINA; TECTONIC STRESS FIELDS; YUANMA BASIN;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRESSES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT SLIP; MESOZOIC; PALEOGENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84866522909     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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