Influence of mantle dynamics on the topographic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau: Results from numerical modeling

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Jiménez Munt, Ivone ^a   Platt, John P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DELAMINATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; EXTRUSION; HEAT PRODUCTION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CHANGE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 33947404098     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC001963     Document Type: Article

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