Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Kapp, Paul ^a   Murphy, Michael A ^a   Yin, An ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^a   Ding, Lin ^b   Guo, Jinghu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bangong suture; Melange; Obduction; Plateau formation; Tibet; Underthrusting

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; OBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOPHYSICS; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA; SHIQUANHE; TIBET;

EID: 0037943342     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001332     Document Type: Article

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