Tectonics of western Tibet, between the Tarim and the Indus

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 311-330

  Matte, Ph ^a   Tapponnier, P ^a   Arnaud, N ^b   Bourjot, L ^c   Avouac, J P ^d   Vidal, Ph ^b   Qing, Liu ^e   Yusheng, Pan ^f   Yi, Wang ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c Savoie Technolac   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e TOTAL Exploration and Production Asia Pacific   (Singapore)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Kunlun Mountains; Tectonics; Xizang China

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA, TIBET, KUNLUN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030485320     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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