Active intraplate strike-slip faulting and transpressional uplift in the Mongolian Altai

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 210, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-87

  Cunningham, D ^a   Dijkstra, A ^a   Howard, J ^a   Quarles, A ^b   Badarch, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Mongolian Academy of Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 0141502516     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.210.01.05     Document Type: Article

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