A structural transect across the Mongolian Western Altai: Active transpressional mountain building in central Asia

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 142-156

  Cunningham, W Dickson ^a   Windley, Brian F ^a   Dorjnamjaa, D ^b   Badamgarov, G ^b   Saandar, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c MONMAP Eng Serv Company Limited   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FLOWER STRUCTURE; OROGENESIS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; TECTONICS;

MONGOLIA, ALTAI;

EID: 0029768350     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC02354     Document Type: Article

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