The transformation of the terrain structures of the Tibet Plateau through large-scale strike-slip faults.,The transformation of the terrain structures of the Tibet Plateau through large-scale strike-slip faults.;大型走滑断裂对青藏高原地体构架的改造

Yanshi Xuebao/Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3157-3170

  Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Li, Haibing ^a   Tang, Zhemin ^a   Qi, Xuexiang ^a   Li, Huaqi ^a   Cai, Zhihui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Oblique collision; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Strike slip fault; Terrain

Indexed keywords

EID: 85178262388     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: 20958927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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