The uplifting process of the Bogda Mountain during the Cenozoic and its tectonic implication

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 579-593

  Wang, ZongXiu ^a   Li, Tao ^b   Zhang, Jin ^b   Liu, YongQing ^b   Ma, ZongJin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bogda Mountain Chain; Fission track; Re orogeny; Thermochronology; Uplifting

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FISSION-TRACK DATING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFTING;

TECTONICS;

APATITE; CENOZOIC; FISSION TRACK DATING; OROGENY; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ASIA; BOGDA MOUNTAINS; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 41549113845     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-0038-z     Document Type: Article

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