Late Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the northwestern Tien Shan: New age estimates for the initiation of mountain building

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1544-1559

  Bullen, M E ^a   Burbank, D W ^a   Garver, J I ^a   Abdrakhmatov, K Ye ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Erosion; Fission track; Magnetostratigraphy; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

TECTONIC EVOLUTIONS;

CATCHMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; EROSION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 84879881826     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<1544:LCTEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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