The Zedong Window: A record of superposed Tertiary convergence in southeastern Tibet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B8, 2000, Pages 19211-19230

  Harrison, T Mark ^a,d   Yin, An ^a,d   Grove, Marty ^a,d   Lovera, Oscar M ^a,d   Ryerson, F J ^b   Zhou, Xinhua ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0034632589     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900078     Document Type: Article

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