Dynamics of the India-Eurasia collision zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B8, 2001, Pages 16435-16460

  Flesch, Lucy M ^a   Haines, A John ^b   Holt, William E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRAIN RATE;

EURASIA; INDIA;

EID: 0034806593     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000208     Document Type: Article

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