Uplift age and rates of the Gurvan Bogd system (Gobi-Altay) by apatite fission track analysis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 333-346

  Vassallo, R ^a   Jolivet, M ^a   Ritz, J F ^a   Braucher, R ^b   Larroque, C ^c   Sue, C ^d   Todbileg, M ^e   Javkhlanbold, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^e MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Central Asia; fission tracks; massifs uplift; Mesozoic Cenozoic tectonics; Mongolia; summit plateau

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; FISSION TRACKS; MASSIFS UPLIFT; MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONICS; SUMMIT PLATEAU; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION; TRANSPRESSIVE DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION; EROSION; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

APATITE; CENOZOIC; FISSION TRACK DATING; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; SLIP RATE; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 34250809690     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.047     Document Type: Article

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