Origin, direction, and rate of modern compression of the central Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan)

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1585-1609

  Abdrakhmatov, K E ^a   Weldon, R ^a   Thompson, S ^a   Burbank, D ^a   Rubin, Ch ^a   Miller, M ^a   Molnar, P ^a  

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Author keywords

Central Tien Shan; Orogeny; Tectonics

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EID: 0013323984     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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