Late Cenozoic transpression in southwestern Mongolia and the Gobi Altai-Tien Shan connection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 67-81

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c MONMAP Eng Services Co Ltd   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Mongolia; Mongolian Altai; Neotectonics; Orogeny; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; FAULTING; MOUNTAIN BUILIDNG; STRIKE SLIP; TRANSPRESSION;

MONGOLIA, GOBI ALTAI;

EID: 0030446690     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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