Neogene extension and volcanism in the Kunlun Fault Zone, northern Tibet: New constraints on the age of the Kunlun Fult

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Jolivet, M ^a   Brunel, M ^a   Seward, D ^b   Xu, Z ^c   Yang, J ^c   Malavieille, J ^a   Roger, F ^a   Leyreloup, A ^a   Arnaud, N ^a   Wu, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Extension; Fission tracks; Kunlun Fault; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NEOGENE; PULL APART BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JINGYU BASIN; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 0344663666     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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