Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau: Fission-track constraints

Tectonophysics

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 111-134

  Jolivet, M ^a   Brunel, M ^a   Seward, D ^b   Xu, Z ^c   Yang, J ^c   Roger, F ^d   Tapponnier, P ^d   Malavieille, J ^a   Arnaud, N ^e   Wu, C ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Exhumation rates; Fission track analysis; Mesozoic; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MESOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0035682044     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00196-2     Document Type: Article

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