Structural and geochronologic data from the Shin Jinst area, eastern Gobi Altai, Mongolia: Implications for Phanerozoic intracontinental deformation in Asia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 451, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 312-330

  Lamb, Melissa A ^a   Badarch, Gombosuren ^b   Navratil, Tiffani ^a   Poier, Rebeka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Convergent margin; Jurassic; Paleozoic; Southern Mongolia; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; JURASSIC; PALEOZOIC; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

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

EID: 41449101669     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.061     Document Type: Article

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