Exhumation of basement-cored uplifts: Example of the Kyrgyz Range quantified with apatite fission track thermochronolgy

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Sobel, Edward R ^a   Oskin, Michael ^b   Burbank, Douglas ^c   Mikolaichuk, Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Institute of Geology   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 33745462177     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001809     Document Type: Article

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