Slip partitioning in the northeast Pamir-Tian Shan convergence zone

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 344-364

  Fu, Bihong ^a   Ninomiya, Yoshiki ^b   Guo, Jianming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

India Eurasia collision; Intracontinental mountain building; Late Cenozoic; Pamir Tian Shan convergence zone; Slip partitioning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COLLISION SYSTEMS; CONVERGENCE ZONES; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEXTRAL SLIP; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EURASIA; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; INTRACONTINENTAL MOUNTAIN BUILDING; LATE CENOZOIC; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL STYLES; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS;

DRAINAGE; LANDFORMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; CENOZOIC; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOLD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONOPHYSICS; THRUST;

PAMIRS; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 76849117871     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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