Occurrence, age, and implications of the Yagan-Onch Hayrhan metamorphic core complex, southern Mongolia

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Webb, L E ^a   Graham, S A ^a   Johnson, C L ^a   Badarch, G ^b   Hendrix, M S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICA;

CORE COMPLEX; DETACHMENT FAULT; EARLY CRETACEOUS; HIGH STRAINS; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; MONGOLIA; PRECAMBRIAN;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; METAMORPHISM; MYLONITE;

MONGOLIA; YAGAN-ONCH HAYRHAN;

EID: 84879882140     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0143:OAAIOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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