Estimation of slip rates in the southern Tien Shan using cosmic ray exposure dates of abandoned alluvial fans

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 377-386

  Brown, Erik Thorson ^a,e   Bourlès, Didier L ^a   Burchfiel, B Clark ^b   Qidong, Deng ^c   Jun, Li ^d   Molnar, Peter ^b   Raisbeck, Grant M ^a   Yiou, Françoise ^a  

^a CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; DEPOSITION; FAULTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

ALPINE GLACIER; CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SOURCE REGION; SURFACE EXPOSURE; THRUST FAULTS; ALLUVIAL FANS;

COSMIC RAYS;

ABANDONED LAND; ALLUVIAL FAN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COSMIC RAY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; ICE SHEET; SLIP RATE; COSMIC RAY EXPOSURE DATE; FAULT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

TIEN SHAN; CHINA;

EID: 0031902687     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0377:EOSRIT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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