Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Pamir: Implications for strain-accommodation mechanisms at the western end of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 882-896

  Robinson, Alexander C ^a,b   Yin, An ^a   Manning, Craig E ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^a   Zhang, Shuan Hong ^c   Wang, Xiao Feng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Extension; Geochronology; Gneiss dome; Karakorum; Metamosphism; Pamir

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGIC ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAPPING; PETROLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; DOME; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM; PETROLOGY; SCHIST; STRAIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARAKORAM; PAMIRS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547100326     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25981.1     Document Type: Article

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