Noyon Uul syncline, southern Mongolia: Lower Mesozoic sedimentary record of the tectonic amalgamation of central Asia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1256-1274

  Hendrix, Marc S ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^b   Amory, Jerome Y ^b,d   Badarch, Gombosurengiin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^d Shell UK Explor and Production   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; VOLCANOES; METALS;

ACCUMULATION RATES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; EARLY CRETACEOUS; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SANDSTONE COMPOSITION; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; CENTRAL ASIA; FORELAND BASIN; PAPER DOCUMENTS; UPPER PERMIAN; WESTERN CHINA;

METALS; TECTONICS;

CARBONIFEROUS; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FORELAND BASIN; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SYNCLINE; TRIASSIC; UNROOFING; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC AMALGAMATION;

ASIA; CHINA; MONGOLIA; NOYON UUL SYNCLINE;

EID: 0030423321     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1256:NUSSML>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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