Modelling Quaternary thrusting in Himalayas and its geodynamic constraints in Southern Tibet

Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica Hungarica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-87

  Shanker, D ^a   Kapur, N ^b   Singh, V P ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b GE Capital International Services   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

MHT; Normal faults; Plate collision; Tectonics; Thrust wedges

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELASTICITY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES;

GEODYNAMICS; QUATERNARY THRUSTING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; QUATERNARY; THRUST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 2642533697     PISSN: 12178977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AGeod.39.2004.1.9     Document Type: Article

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