The Mesozoic palaeorelief of the northern Tian Shan (China)

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-205

  Chen, Ke ^a,b   Gumiaux, Charles ^a   Augier, Romain ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Wang, Qingchen ^b   Lin, Wei ^b   Wang, Shengli ^c  

^a STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 79955589153     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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