Research ArticleArticle

Determination of an intracontinental transform system along the southern Central Asian orogenic belt in the latest Paleozoic

Jin Zhang, Junfeng Qu, Beihang Zhang, Heng Zhao, Ronggou Zheng, Jianfeng Liu, Jie Hui, Pengfei Niu, Long Yun, Shuo Zhao and Yiping Zhang
American Journal of Science September 2022, 322 (7) 851-897; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/07.2022.01

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Determination of an intracontinental transform system along the southern Central Asian orogenic belt in the latest Paleozoic
Jin Zhang, Junfeng Qu, Beihang Zhang, Heng Zhao, Ronggou Zheng, Jianfeng Liu, Jie Hui, Pengfei Niu, Long Yun, Shuo Zhao, Yiping Zhang
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