Travertine deposits, deep thermalmetamorphism and tectonic activity in the Longmenshan tectonic region, southwestern China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 633, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-163

  Shi, Zejin ^a   Shi, Zeming ^a   Yin, Guan ^a   Liang, Jinlong ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Longmenshan tectonic region; Southwestern China; Thermal metamorphism; Travertine

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; ISOTOPES; LIMESTONE; OIL WELL DRILLING; TECTONICS; CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; SOUTHWESTERN CHINA; TECTONIC REGIONS; THERMAL METAMORPHISM; TRAVERTINE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AFTERSHOCK; CARBON ISOTOPE; FAULT ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TECTONIC SETTING; TRAVERTINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 84922233509     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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