Late Oligocene-Early Miocene initiation of shortening in the Southwestern Chinese Tian Shan: Implications for Neogene shortening rate variations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 70-81

  Sobel, Edward R ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Heermance, Richard V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; deformation; fission track; thermochronology; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION-TRACK (AFT); EXHUMATION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

GEODESY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEODESY; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

CLUPEIDAE; TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES;

EID: 33746856916     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.048     Document Type: Article

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