Late Cenozoic tectonic development of the intramontane Alai Valley, (Pamir-Tien Shan region, central Asia): An example of intracontinental deformation due to the Indo-Eurasia collision

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3-1-3-19

  Coutand, I ^a,b   Strecker, M R ^a   Arrowsmith, J R ^c   Hilley, G ^a   Thiede, R C ^a   Korjenkov, A ^a   Omuraliev, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Continental deformation; India Eurasia collision; Intramontane basin

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ALAI VALLEY; ASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; PAMIR-TIEN SHAN;

EID: 0036966660     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001358     Document Type: Article

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