Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Trans-Altai and South Gobi Zones in southern Mongolia based on structural and geochronological data

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 309-337

  Guy, Alexandra ^a,b,e   Schulmann, Karel ^b,e   Clauer, Norbert ^c   Hasalová, Pavlina ^d,e   Seltmann, Reimar ^f   Armstrong, Robin ^f   Lexa, Ondrej ^e,g   Benedicto, Antonio ^a  

^a AREVA NP   (France)

^b Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carboniferous Permian magmatism; Central Asian Orogenic Belt; K Ar and U Pb dating; Structural geology; Tectono stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COMPRESSION; EMPLACEMENT; FOLDING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA; TRANS-ALTAI GOBI;

EID: 84886953152     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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