The Namche Barwa syntaxis: Evidence for exhumation related to compressional crustal folding

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 239-252

  Burg, Jean Pierre ^a   Nievergelt, Peter ^a   Oberli, Felix ^a   Seward, Diane ^a   Davy, Philippe ^b   Maurin, Jean Christophe ^c   Diao, Zhizhong ^d   Meier, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UMR 7063   (France)

^d CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CRUST; EXHUMATION; FOLDING; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA;

EID: 0032418525     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-9547(98)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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