Post 4 Ma initiation of normal faulting in southern Tibet. Constraints from the Kung Co half graben

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 233-243

  Maheo G ^a   Leloup, P H ^b   Valli, F ^c   Lacassin, R ^c   Arnaud, N ^d   Paquette, J L ^e   Fernandez, A ^b   Haibing, L ^f   Farley, K A ^a   Tapponnier, P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar and (U Th) He thermochronology; normal fault; Pliocene activation; Tibetan Plateau; U Pb

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; TECTONICS;

EXHUMATION RATE; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; PLUTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

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

EID: 33847770371     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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