Jurassic to Cenozoic exhumation history of the Altyn Tagh range, northwest China, constrained by 40Ar/ 39Ar and apatite fission track thermochronology

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 194, Issue , 2001, Pages 247-267

  Sobel, Edward R ^a   Arnaud, Nicolas ^b   Jolivet, Marc ^c   Ritts, Bradley D ^d   Brunel, Maurice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; FISSION REACTIONS; MICA;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; APATITE FISSION TRACK AGES; APATITE FISSION TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; CENOZOIC COOLING; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; MIDDLE JURASSIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

COOLING;

APATITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; JURASSIC; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA;

EID: 84871193974     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1194-0.247     Document Type: Article

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