Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 865-878

  Kapp, Paul ^a   Yin, An ^b   Harrison, T Mark ^b,c   Ding, Lin ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Plateau formation; Shortening; Suture; Tibet; Underthrusting

Indexed keywords

MESOZOIC BLUECHIST-BEARING; PALEOZOIC STRATA; QIANGTANG TERRANE; TIBETAN CRUST;

BASALT; BUCKLING; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GEOLOGY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); TECTONICS; TERTIARY RECOVERY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XIZANG;

EID: 21944439146     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25595.1     Document Type: Article

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