Constraining the stepwise migration of the eastern Tibetan Plateau margin by apatite fission track thermochronology

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-183

  Lai, QingZhou ^a   Ding, Lin ^a   Wang, HongWei ^a   Yue, YaHui ^a   Cai, FuLong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Constraining; Fission track; Margin migration; Thermal history modeling; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

APATITE; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FISSION TRACK THERMOCHRONOLGY; STEPWISE MIGRATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

GRANITE;

FISSION TRACK DATING; GRANITE; MIOCENE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

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

EID: 33847141469     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2048-7     Document Type: Article

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