The role of the Kazakhstan orocline in the late Paleozoic amalgamation of Eurasia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 455, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 61-76

  Abrajevitch, Alexandra ^a   Van der Voo, Rob ^a   Bazhenov, Mikhail L ^b   Levashova, Natalia M ^b   McCausland, Phil J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kazakhstan; Late Paleozoic; Oroclinal bending; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BENDING; CARBONIFEROUS; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; ISLAND ARC; OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; BALKHASH; BALTIC REGION; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON; TARIM BASIN; WEST ASIA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 46049102361     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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