Morpho-tectonic evolution of the Crimean mountains (Ukraine) as constrained by apatite fission track data

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-278

  Pánek, Tomáš ^a   Danišík, Martin ^b,c   Hradecký, Jan ^a   Frisch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CRETACEOUS; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; JURASSIC; LANDSLIDE; OROGENY; PALEOSURFACE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

CRIMEA; CRIMEAN MOUNTAINS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 67749129361     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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