Late Cenozoic tectonic deformation in the Tianshan Mountain and its foreland basins

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-313

  Zhang, Peizhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 33749655069     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03WD0488     Document Type: Short Survey

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