Late Cenozoic reorganization of the Arabia-Eurasia collision and the comparison of short-term and long-term deformation rates

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Allen, Mark ^a   Jackson, James ^b   Walker, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia; Collision; Eurasia

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CENOZOIC; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; TECTONICS;

EID: 5044249434     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001530     Document Type: Article

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