Slowing extrusion tectonics: Lowered estimate of post-Early Miocene slip rate for the Altyn Tagh fault

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 111-122

  Yue, Yongjun ^a   Ritts, Bradley D ^b   Graham, Stephan A ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^c   Gehrels, George E ^d   Zhang, Zhicheng ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh fault; Post Early Miocene slip rate; Provenance analysis; SHRIMP zircon dating; Xorkol basin

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; EXTRUSION; FAULT SLIP; MIOCENE; PROVENANCE; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0345763683     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00544-2     Document Type: Article

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