Late Paleozoic strike‐slip shear zones in eastern central Asia (NW China): New structural and geochronological data

Laurent‐Charvet, Sébastien; Charvet, Jacques; Monié, Patrick; S. Shu, Liangshu

doi:10.1029/2001tc901047

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Late Paleozoic strike‐slip shear zones in eastern central Asia (NW China): New structural and geochronological data

Published in Tectonics • Apr 1, 2003

Authors:

Sébastien Laurent‐Charvet

Jacques Charvet

Patrick Monié

Abstract

New structural studies and 40 Ar/ 39 Ar dating in northwest China provide information about late Paleozoic strike‐slip motions subsequent to accretional events, which built eastern central Asia during the Paleozoic. Two principal areas were affected by these large transcurrent motions. First, in the...

Subject

Sinistral and dextral

Geology

Paleozoic

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