Tectonic history of the Kyrgyz South Tien Shan (Atbashi-Inylchek) suture zone: The role of inherited structures during deformation-propagation

Tectonics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Glorie, S ^a   De Grave, J ^a   Buslov, M M ^b   Zhimulev, F I ^b   Stockli, D F ^c   Batalev, V Y ^d   Izmer, A ^a   Van Den Haute, P ^a   Vanhaecke, F ^a   Elburg, M A ^a,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d International Geodynamics Research Centre ^*  (Kyrgyzstan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FISSION REACTIONS; METALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; BASEMENT STRUCTURES; CENOZOIC; COOLING AGE; DATA RECORDS; FISSION TRACK; LATE OLIGOCENE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MULTI METHODS; NEO GENES; PALEOGENE; PLIOCENE; PRECAMBRIAN; SHEAR ZONE; TARIM BASIN; TECTONIC HISTORY;

DEFORMATION;

APATITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FISSION TRACK DATING; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; PALEOGENE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PRECAMBRIAN; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TITANITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; ZIRCON;

KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84855191260     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC002949     Document Type: Article

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