Timing of formation of forebergs in the northeastern Gobi Altai, Mongolia: Implications for estimating mountain uplift rates and earthquake recurrence intervals

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-464

  Owen, Lewis A ^a   Cunningham, Dickson ^b   Richards, Benedict W M ^c   Rhodes, Edward ^d   Windley, Brian F ^b   Dorjnamjaa, Dorj ^e   Badamgarav, Jalbuugin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Gobi Altai; Luminescense dating; Mongolia; Uplift rates

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; MOUNTAIN REGION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0033490114     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.3.0457     Document Type: Article

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