Distant effects of India-Eurasia convergence and Mesozoic intracontinental deformation in Central Asia: Constraints from apatite fission-track thermochronology

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 188-204

  De Grave, Johan ^a,b   Buslov, Michael M ^c   Van den haute, Peter ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track thermogeochronology; Central Asia; India Eurasia convergence; Mesozoic Cenozoic; Tectonic reactivation

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEODYNAMICS; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847030439     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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