Geological features and tectonic evolution in the Namjagbarwa area, eastern Himalayas

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 744-751

  Zheng, Lailin ^a,b   Jin, Zhenmin ^b   Pan, Guitang ^a   Geng, Quanru ^a   Sun, Zhimin ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Geological features; Himalayan orogen; Tectonic evolution; The eastern syntaxis

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; WORLD; XIZANG;

EID: 22544447798     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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