Structural evolution of the Bayanhongor region, west-central Mongolia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 337-352

  Osozawa, Soichi ^a   Tsolmon, Gonchig ^b   Majigsuren, Uondon ^b   Sereenen, Jargalan ^b   Niitsuma, Shigeaki ^c   Iwata, Naoyoshi ^c   Pavlis, Terry ^d   Jahn, Bor ming ^e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accretion; Bayanhongor; Collision; D1; D2; Detachment; Mongolia; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COLLISION ZONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTRUSION; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OROGENIC BELT; PASSIVE MARGIN; PHANEROZOIC; PLATE MOTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; BAYANHONGOR; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 49949092399     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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