Paleozoic to Cenozoic deformation along the Altyn Tagh fault in the Altun Shan massif area, eastern Qilian Shan, northeastern Tibet, China

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 194, Issue , 2001, Pages 269-292

  Delville, Nathalie ^a   Arnaud, Nicolas ^a   Montel, Jean Marc ^a   Roger, Françoise ^b   Brunel, Maurice ^c   Tapponnier, Paul ^b   Sobel, Edward ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FELDSPAR; MICA; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; COMPLEX DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; LATE PALEOZOIC; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MOUNTAIN BUILDING;

FAULT SLIPS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; ALTYN TAGH FAULT ZONE; CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 84871231456     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1194-0.269     Document Type: Article

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