Large-scale thrusting at the northern Junggar Basin since Cretaceous and its implications for the rejuvenation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

Large-scale thrusting at the northern Junggar Basin since Cretaceous and its implications for the rejuvenation of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

The Wulungu Depression is the northernmost first-order tectonic unit in the Junggar Basin. It can be divided into three sub-units: the Hongyan step-fault zone, the Suosuoquan sag and the Wulungu south slope. The Cenozoic strata in the basin are intact and Mesozoic–Cenozoic deformation can be observe...

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Main Authors: Jieyun Tang, Dengfa He, Di Li, Delong Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Mesozoic–Cenozoic
Thrust reactivity
Wulungu depression
Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114001091

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