Southward extrusion of Tibetan crust and its effect on Himalayan tectonics

Tectonics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 799-809

  Hodges, K V ^a   Hurtado, J M ^a   Whipple K X , ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY; OROGENY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0035690366     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001281     Document Type: Article

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