Early Cretaceous denudation related to convergent tectonics in the Baikal region, SE Siberia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 515-523

  Van Der Beek, P A ^a,b   Delvaux, D ^c   Andriessen, P A M ^a   Levi, K G ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Baikal region; Denudation; Fission track dating; Mesozoic

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CRETACEOUS; DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MESOZOIC;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, BAIKAL;

EID: 0030470502     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.4.0515     Document Type: Article

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