Is the Jurassic (Yanshanian) intraplate tectonics of North China due to westward indentation of the North China block?

Terra Nova

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 456-466

  Faure, Michel ^a   Lin, Wei ^b   Chen, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANXI;

EID: 84868693449     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ter.12002     Document Type: Article

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