Permian paleomagnetism of the Tien Shan fold belt, Central Asia: Post-collisional rotations and deformation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 312, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 303-329

  Bazhenov, Mikhail L ^a   Burtman, Valentin S ^a   Dvorova, Ariadna V ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Late Paleozoic; Paleomagnetism; Shear zone; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FOLD BELT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; TECTONICS;

ASIA;

EID: 0033527842     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00181-X     Document Type: Article

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