Underthrusting of Tarim beneath the Tien Shan and deep structure of their junction zone: Main results of seismic experiment along MANAS Profile Kashgar-Song-Köl

Geotectonics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-126

  Makarov, V I ^a   Alekseev, D V ^b   Batalev, V Yu ^c   Bataleva, E A ^c   Belyaev, I V ^d   Bragin, V D ^c   Dergunov, N T ^d   Efimova, N N ^d   Leonov, M G ^b   Munirova, L M ^c   Pavlenkin, A D ^e   Roecker, S ^f   Roslov, Yu V ^d   Rybin, A K ^c   Shchelochkov, G G ^c  

^a SERGEEV INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d SIBERIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^f RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DELAMINATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; THRUST;

CHINA; KASHI; TARIM BASIN; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77953355691     PISSN: 00168521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016852110020020     Document Type: Article

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