A numerical modelling study on the processes of uplift and planation of the Tibetan Plateau

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 246-252

  Dong, Wenjie ^a   Tang, Maocang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulating rate; Numerical model; Palaeogeomagnetism; Tibetan Plateau; Uplift and planation processes

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CAINOZOIC; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PLANATION; PLATEAU; UPLIFT; VARIATION;

CHINA, QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0031449713     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02877532     Document Type: Article

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