Structural control on Meso-Cenozoic tectonic reactivation and denudation in the Siberian Altai: Insights from multi-method thermochronometry

Tectonophysics

Volumn 544-545, Issue , 2012, Pages 75-92

  Glorie, S ^a   De Grave, J ^a   Buslov, M M ^b   Zhimulev, F I ^b   Elburg, M A ^a,c   Van den haute, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central Asian Orogenic Belt; Denudation; Fault reactivation; Mountain building; Siberian Altai; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIAN OROGENIC BELT; DENUDATION; FAULT-REACTIVATION; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; SIBERIAN ALTAI; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

BUILDINGS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

TECTONICS;

APATITE; BASEMENT ROCK; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DENUDATION; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; NEOGENE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PALEOGENE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

ALTAY [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84861002640     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.035     Document Type: Article

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