Using in situ-produced 10 Be to quantify active tectonics in the Gurvan Bogd mountain range (Gobi-Altay, Mongolia)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 415, Issue , 2006, Pages 87-110

  Ritz, J F ^a   Vassallo, R ^a   Braucher, R ^b   Brown, E T ^c   Carretier, S ^d   Bourles D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Active faults; Gurvan bogd; Mongolia; Slip rates

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS;

ACTIVE FAULT; GURVAN BOGD; INTRACONTINENTAL EARTHQUAKE; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; MONGOLIA; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SLIP RATES; TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; AGGRADATION; MOUNTAIN; RETURN PERIOD; REVERSE FAULT; SAMPLING; SLIP RATE; TECTONICS;

GOVI-ALTAY; MONGOLIA;

EID: 72849115229     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2415(06)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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