The hengshan low-angle normal fault zone: Structural and geochronological constraints on the late mesozoic crustal extension in South China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 606, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-115

  Li, Jianhua ^a,b   Zhang, Yueqiao ^a   Dong, Shuwen ^a   Su, Jinbao ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Cui, Jianjun ^a   Shi, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extensional structures; Hengshan detachment fault; Late Mesozoic; SHRIMP zircon U Pb; South China

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ALLOYS; MICA; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZIRCON;

DEFORMATION TEMPERATURES; DETACHMENT FAULT; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION; SOUTH CHINA; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; ZIRCON U-PB;

FAULT SLIPS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LINEATION; MESOZOIC; MYLONITE; NORMAL FAULT; QUARTZ; SHEAR ZONE; SHRIMP DATING; UPPER CRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; HUNAN;

EID: 84885293059     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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