Recent strike-slip deformation of the northern Tien Shan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 210, Issue , 2003, Pages 53-64

  Buslov, M M ^a   Klerkx, J ^b   Abdrakhmatov, K ^c   Delvaux, D ^d   Batalev, V Yu ^e   Kuchai, O A ^a   Dehandschutter, B ^f   Muraliev, A ^c  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b International Bureau for Environmental Studies (IBES)   (Belgium)

^c Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENIC BELT; PULL APART BASIN; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0141837202     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.210.01.04     Document Type: Article

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