Deep mechanical background for the cenozoic volcanism in the tibetan plateau

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Xiong, Xiong ^a,b   Wang, Ji Ye ^a,c   Teng, Ji Wen ^b  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Magma channel; Mantle convection; Stress field; Tibetan Plateau; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GRAVITATION; INDIA; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESSES; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MAGMA CHANNEL; MANTLE CONVECTION; STRESS FIELD; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VOLCANISM;

VOLCANOES;

EID: 33847775613     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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