Large-scale crustal deformation of the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6793-6816

  Shen, Feng ^a,b   Royden, Leigh H ^b   Burchfiel, B Clark ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0034953198     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900389     Document Type: Article

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