Field examples of strike-slip fault terminations in Mongolia and their tectonic significance

Tectonics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 394-411

  Bayasgalan, Amgalan ^a   Jackson, James ^a   Ritz, Jean François ^b   Carretier, Sebastien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0032847453     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC900007     Document Type: Article

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