What drove continued continent-continent convergence after ocean closure? Insights from high-resolution seismic-reflection profiling across the Daba Shan in central China

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 671-674

  Dong, Shuwen ^a   Gao, Rui ^b   Yin, An ^c   Guo, Tonglou ^d   Zhang, Yueqiao ^a   Hu, Jianmin ^a   Li, Jianhua ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Li, Qiusheng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Sinopec   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CHINAS; DRIVING FORCES; HIGH RESOLUTION; JURASSIC; MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS; SOUTH CHINA; THRUST BELTS; TRIASSIC;

SURVEYS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION; TRIASSIC;

CHINA; DABA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84878167999     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34161.1     Document Type: Article

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