The turfan depression of the western turfan basin, northwest china: Aspects of subsidence and relation to lateral escape tectonics

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-334

  Mattern, Frank ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ESCAPE TECTONICS;

EID: 0031823113     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465212     Document Type: Article

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