Geomorphic Mesozoic and Cenozoic evolution in the Oka-Jombolok region (East Sayan ranges, Siberia)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-133

  Jolivet, M ^a   Arzhannikov, S ^b   Arzhannikova, A ^b   Chauvet, A ^c   Vassallo, R ^d   Braucher, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Apatite fission tracks; Baikal Rift System; Cosmogenic 10Be; East Sayan ranges; India Asia collision; Paleogeomorphology; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAVA FLOW; MESOZOIC; OLIGOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; INDIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAYAN MOUNTAINS; SIBERIA;

EID: 84872797758     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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