Imbricate structure of the Luobusa Ophiolite and surrounding rock units, southern Tibet

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 296-304

  Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Shinji ^b   Kaneko, Yoshiyuki ^c   Terabayashi, Masaru ^d   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^b   Katayama, Ikuo ^b   Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emplacement; Ophiolite; Shear zone; Structure; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; IMBRICATION; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; SERPENTINITE; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33847014916     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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