Exhumation history of the Altun Shan with evidence for the timing of the subduction of the Tarim block beneath the Altyn Tagh system, North Tibet;Histoire de l'exhumation de l'Altun Shan: Indications sur l'age de la subduction du bloc du Tarim sous le systeme de l'Altyn Tagh (Nord Tibet)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 329, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 749-755

  Jolivet, Marc ^a   Roger, Françoise ^b   Arnaud, Nicolas ^c   Brunel, Maurice ^a   Tapponnier, Paul ^b   Seward, Diane ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altyn Tagh; Exhumation; Geochronology; Subduction; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; SUBDUCTION;

ALTUN SHAN; CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0033619626     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)88495-5     Document Type: Article

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