Thermo-tectonic history of the Issyk-Kul basement (Kyrgyz Northern Tien Shan, Central Asia)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 998-1020

  De Grave, Johan ^a   Glorie, Stijn ^a   Buslov, Mikhail M ^b   Stockli, Daniel F ^c,d   McWilliams, Michael O ^e,f   Batalev, Vladislav Yu ^g   Van den haute, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Issyk Kul Basin; Kyrgyz Tien Shan; Tectonics; Thermochronology; Zircon U Pb

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COLLISION ZONE; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GRANITOID; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

KYRGYZSTAN; LAKE YSYK-KOL; YSYK-KOL;

EID: 84873199619     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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