Structural evolution and sequence of thrusting in the Tethyan fold-thrust belt and Indus-Yalu suture zone, southwest Tibet

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-34

  Murphy, M A ^a   Yin, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Himalayan orogeny; Suture zones; Tethys; Thrust faults; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MELTING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

CHINA;

EID: 0037286289     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0021:SEASOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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