Title: Sliding-thrusting tectonics caused by thermal uplift in the Yunmeng Mountains, Beijing, China
Abstract: A ductile shear zone analogous to a normal fault with a low dip-angle occurs on the southeastern flank of the Yunmeng Anticlinorium north of Beijing in Huairou County. The southeast-dipping Shuiyu ductile shear zone is composed of mylonitic granitic gneiss and has an average width of about 1 km. The structures in the area show a symmetrical pattern. This pattern may be generated by a process of sliding and thrusting caused by thermal uplift. An alternative possible model for the area is that for the North American Cordilleran regions.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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