Life cycle of the East Carpathian orogen: Erosion history of a doubly vergent critical wedge assessed by fission track thermochronology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B12, 1999, Pages 29095-29112

  Sanders, Carlo A E ^a   Andriessen, P A M ^a   Cloetingh, S A P L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 0033544978     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900046     Document Type: Article

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