The Gangdese thrust: A phantom structure that did not raise Tibet

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-162

  Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^a   Badengzhu, ^b   Luo, Hui ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Tibet Geological Survey   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PLATEAU; SUTURE ZONE; THRUST; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

CHINA;

EID: 0037931472     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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