Cenozoic normal faulting and regional doming in the southern Hangay region, Central Mongolia: Implications for the origin of the Baikal rift province

Tectonophysics

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 389-411

  Cunningham, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baikal rift; Crustal extension; Hangay dome; Mongolia; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DOME; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0035002740     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-1951(00)00228-6     Document Type: Article

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