Pliocene to Quaternary deformation in South East Sayan (Siberia): Initiation of the Tertiary compressive phase in the southern termination of the Baikal Rift System

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 581-594

  Arzhannikova, A ^a   Arzhannikov, S ^a   Jolivet, M ^b   Vassallo, R ^c   Chauvet, A ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Baikal Rift System; India Asia collision; Relief building; Sayan range; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PLATE TECTONICS; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RIFT ZONE; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC SETTING;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAYAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 78650564567     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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