Late Quaternary rates of uplift and shortening at Baatar Hyarhan (Mongolian Altai) with optically stimulated luminescence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 259-278

  Nissen, Edwin ^a   Walker, Richard ^a   Molor, Erdenebat ^b   Fattahi, Morteza ^c,d   Bayasgalan, Amgalan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental neotectonics; Fractures and faults; Geomorphology; Kinematics of crustal and mantle deformation

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DISPLACEMENT; KINEMATICS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SLIP RATE; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 63049106348     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04067.x     Document Type: Article

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