Transpressional tectonics and stream terraces of the Gobi-Altay, Mongolia

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Vassallo, R ^a   Ritz, J F ^a   Braucher, R ^b   Jolivet, M ^a   Carretier, S ^c   Larroque, C ^d   Chauvet, A ^a   Sue, C ^e   Todbileg, M ^f   Bourles D ^b   Arzhannikova, A ^g   Arzhannikov, S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^g INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; PIEDMONT; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOVI-ALTAY; MONGOLIA;

EID: 37549042782     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002081     Document Type: Article

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