The late Cenozoic deformation of terraces on the north flank of Tianshan Mt. and the tectonic evolution

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Yuan, Qingdong ^a,b   Guo, Zhaojie ^a   Zhang, Zhicheng ^a   Wu, Chaodong ^a   Fang, Shihu ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Chronology; North Tianshan Mt.; Optical luminescence; Tectonic deformation; Terrace

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 33744977668     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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