Middle Miocene paleoaltimetry of southern Tibet: Implications for the role of mantle thickening and delamination in the Himalayan orogen

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-184

  Currie, Brian S ^a   Rowley, David B ^b   Tabor, Neil J ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle Miocene; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoelevation; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; MIDDLE MIOCENE PALEOALTIMETRY; PALEOPRECIPITATION; PEDOGENIC CALCIUM CARBONATE NODULES;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ALTIMETRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATEAU; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 15744386150     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21170.1     Document Type: Article

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