Tibetan basement rocks near Amdo reveal "missing" mesozoic tectonism along the Bangong suture, central Tibet

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 505-508

  Guynn, Jerome H ^a   Kapp, Paul ^a   Pullen, Alex ^a   Heizler, Matthew ^b   Gehrels, George ^a   Ding, Lin ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bangong suture; Continental arcs; Continental collision; Terrane accretion; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCKS; CONTINENTAL ARCS; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC TECTONISM; METAMORPHISM; TERRANE ACCRETION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 33745324790     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22453.1     Document Type: Article

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