Geological records of the Lhasa-Qiangtang and Indo-Asian collisions in the Nima area of central Tibet

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 917-932

  Kapp, Paul ^a   DeCelles, Peter G ^a   Gehrels, George E ^a   Heizler, Matthew ^b   Ding, Lin ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Basin development; Indo Asian collision; Plateau; Suture zone; Thrust belt; Tibet

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; SUBDUCTION; THRUST BELT;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; THRUST;

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

EID: 34547126243     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26033.1     Document Type: Article

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