Crustal flow in Tibet: Geophysical evidence for the physical state of Tibetan lithosphere, and inferred patterns of active flow

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 268, Issue , 2006, Pages 39-70

  Klemperer, S L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE; UPPER MANTLE;

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

EID: 33847349215     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.268.01.03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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