Longmen Shan fold-thrust belt and its relation to the western Sichuan Basin in central China: New insights from hydrocarbon exploration

Jia, Dong; Wei, Guoqi; Chen, Zhuxin; Li, Benliang; Zeng, Qing; Yang, Guang

doi:10.1306/03230605076

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Longmen Shan fold-thrust belt and its relation to the western Sichuan Basin in central China: New insights from hydrocarbon exploration

Published in AAPG Bulletin • Aug 10, 2006

Authors:

Dong Jia

Guoqi Wei

Zhuxin Chen

Abstract

Abstract The Longmen Shan fold-thrust belt is one of the key regions of demonstrable Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic evolution in China, and the Sichuan Basin was the first natural-gas-producing area in China. In this article, the structural features of the Longmen Shan belt are presented, using both sei...

Subject

Geology

Fold (higher-order function)

Hydrocarbon exploration

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