Right-lateral shear and rotation as the explanation for strike-slip faulting in eastern Tibet

Nature

Volumn 344, Issue 6262, 1990, Pages 140-142

  England, Philip ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; LATERAL TRANSPORT; ROTATION; SIMPLE SHEAR; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING;

CHINA, TIBET, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0025225010     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/344140a0     Document Type: Article

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