Bainang Terrane, Yarlung-Tsangpo suture, southern Tibet (Xizang, China): A record of intra-Neotethyan subduction-accretion processes preserved on the roof of the world

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 523-538

  Ziabrev, Sergey V ^a   Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Abrajevitch, Alexandra V ^a   Badengzhu, ^b   Davis, Aileen M ^a   Luo, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Tibet Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Accretion; Accretionary wedges; Indus Yarlung Zangbo suture zone; Mesozoic; Radiolarians; Subduction; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRETACEOUS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 2142773191     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-099     Document Type: Article

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