Relatively recent construction of the Tien Shan inferred from GPS measurements of present-day crustal deformation rates

Nature

Volumn 384, Issue 6608, 1996, Pages 450-453

  Abdrakhmatov, K Ye ^a   Aldazhanov, S A ^b   Hager, B H ^c   Hamburger, M W ^d   Herring, T A ^c   Kalabaev, K B ^e   Makarov, V I ^f   Molnar, P ^c   Panasyuk, S V ^c   Prilepin, M T ^g   Reilinger, R E ^c   Sadybakasov, I S ^a   Souter, B J ^c   Trapeznikov, Yu A ^f   Tsurkov, V Ye ^h   Zubovich, A V ^f  

^a Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b Kazselezashchita   (Kazakhstan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Kazgeodeziya   (Kazakhstan)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^g SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^h Kyrgyzgeodeziya   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; GEOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GPS; OROGENESIS;

ASIA, TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0029661103     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/384450a0     Document Type: Article

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