Cenozoic-Recent tectonics and uplift in the Greater Caucasus: A perspective from Azerbaijan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 340, Issue , 2010, Pages 261-280

  Mosar, Jon ^a   Kangarli, Talat ^b   Bochud, Martin ^a   Glasmacher, Ulrich A ^c   Rast, Annick ^a   Brunet, Marie Francoise ^d   Sosson, Marc ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; MOUNTAIN; OROGENY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

AZERBAIJAN; CAUCASUS;

EID: 80053352723     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP340.12     Document Type: Article

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