Late orogenic, large-scale rotations in the Tien Shan and adjacent mobile belts in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 426, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 335-360

  Van der Voo, Rob ^a   Levashova, Natalia M ^b   Skrinnik, Ludmila I ^c   Kara, Taras V ^b,d   Bazhenov, Mikhail L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Institute of Geological Sciences Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Altaids; Paleomagnetism; Permian; Rotations; Wrench faulting

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEMAGNETIZATION; ISLAND ARC; MOBILE BELT; OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WRENCH FAULT;

ASIA; BALTIC REGION; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ILI RIVER; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; SIBERIA; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33750216648     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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