Mesozoic-Tertiary exhumation history of the Altai Mountains, northern Xinjiang, China: New constraints from apatite fission track data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 412, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 183-193

  Yuan, Wanming ^a   Carter, Andy ^b   Dong, Jinquan ^a   Bao, Zengkuan ^a   An, Yinchang ^c   Guo, Zhaojie ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Exploration of Nonferrous Metal Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Altai Mountains; Apatite fission track; Erosion; Tectonics; Topography; Uplift

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MESOZOIC; TERTIARY;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 30344459110     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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