Lithospheric controls on late Cenozoic construction of the Mongolian Altai

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 891-902

  Dickson Cunningham, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSION;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; MONGOLIA;

BUILDINGS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DEFORMATION; DOMES; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DEFORMATION REGIMES; HORIZONTAL STRESS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; STRONG CORRELATION; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0032419925     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998TC900001     Document Type: Article

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