North-south extension in the Tibetan crust triggered by granite emplacement

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 853-856

  Aoya, Mutsuki ^a   Wallis, Simon R ^b   Terada, Kentaro ^c   Lee, Jeffrey ^d   Kawakami, Tetsuo ^e   Wang, Yu ^f   Heizler, Matt ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^g NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dating; Extensional tectonics; Granite; North Himalayan gneiss domes

Indexed keywords

AGE DATING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GNEISS DOMES; HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE; METAMORPHIC DOMES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRANITE; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION;

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

EID: 27744489923     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21806.1     Document Type: Article

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