The Malashan gneiss dome in south Tibet: Comparative study with the Kangmar dome with special reference to kinematics of deformation and origin of associated granites

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 268, Issue , 2006, Pages 471-495

  Aoya, M ^a   Wallis, S R ^b   Kawakami, T ^c,f   Lee, Jeff ^d   Wang, Yu ^e   Maeda, H ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOME; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 33847356811     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.268.01.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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