Characteristics of shallow and deep structures of the middle segment of the Tianshan Mountains, China

Dizhen Dizhi

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-19

  Yang, Zhu En ^a   Zhang, Xian Kang ^b   Zhao, Rui Bin ^a   Zhou, Wei Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Delamination; Geoscience transect; Shallow and deep structures; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DELAMINATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN; WORLD;

EID: 24644444725     PISSN: 02534967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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