The Ereendavaa Range (north-eastern Mongolia): An additional argument for Mesozoic extension throughout eastern Asia

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1381-1393

  Daoudene, Yannick ^a   Gapais, Denis ^a   Ledru, Patrick ^b   Cocherie, Alain ^c   Hocquet, Sébastien ^b   Donskaya, Tatiana V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

High grade metamorphism; Mesozoic extension; Normal shear zone; North eastern Mongolia; U Pb geochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; BASIN EVOLUTION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; OUTCROP; PALEOZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 69849103067     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-008-0412-2     Document Type: Article

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