Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Chinese Tian Shan

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-27

  Yin, A ^a   Nie, S ^a,d   Craig, P ^a,e   Harrison, T M ^a   Ryerson, F J ^b   Xianglin, Qian ^c   Geng, Yang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Petroconsultants   (Switzerland)

^e Shell Deepwater Production Inc Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; MAPPING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

APATITE FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PARTIAL COVERAGE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

TECTONICS;

NEOTECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA, TIEN-SHAN;

EID: 0031844575     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC03140     Document Type: Article

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