Geometry and style of partitioned deformation within a late Cenozoic transpressional zone in the eastern Gobi Altai Mountains, Mongolia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-306

  Cunningham, W Dickson ^a   Windley, Brian F ^a   Owen, Lewis A ^b   Barry, Tiffany ^a   Dorjnamjaa, D ^c   Badamgarav, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Altai; Mongolia; Mountain building; Orogenesis; Transpression

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; OROGENESIS; PARTITIONING; TRANSPRESSION;

MONGOLIA, GOBI ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031413616     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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