New paleomagnetic constraints on central Asian kinematics: Displacement along the Altyn Tagh fault and rotation of the Qaidam Basin

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 6-1-6-19

  Chen, Yan ^a   Gilder, Stuart ^b   Halim, Nadir ^c   Cogné, Jean Pascal ^b   Courtillot, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh fault; Central Asia; Kinematics; Paleomagnetism; Qaidam; Rotation

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

(CENTRAL); ALTYN TAGH FAULT; ASIA; CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; TIBET;

EID: 0036823199     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901030     Document Type: Article

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