The Kangmar dome: A metamorphic core complex in southern Xizang (Tibet)

Science

Volumn 250, Issue 4987, 1990, Pages 1552-1556

  Chen, Z ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Hodges, K V ^b   Burchfiel, B C ^b   Royden, L H ^b   Deng, C ^a  

^a Chcngdu Inst Geol Mineral Rsrc ^*  (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; GNEISS; KANGMAR DOME; METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA, TIBET;

EID: 0025643874     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.250.4987.1552     Document Type: Article

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