Channel flow and the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen: A critical review

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-523

  Harris, Nigel ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

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

EID: 34248216526     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-133     Document Type: Review

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