Evidence for steady fault-accommodated strain in the High Himalaya: Progressive fault rotation of the southern Tibet detachment system in NW Bhutan

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 200, Issue , 2002, Pages 371-386

  Wiesmayr, G ^a   Edwards, M A ^a,b   Meyer, M ^a   Kidd, W S F ^c   Leber, D ^a   Hausler H ^a   Wangda, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Ministry of Trade and Industry   (Bhutan)

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EID: 33646408712     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.200.01.21     Document Type: Article

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