Initial movement of the Karakorum Fault in western Tibet: Constraints from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircons

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1089-1100

  Li, Haibing ^a   Valli, Franck ^b   Liu, Dunyi ^a   Xu, Zhiqin ^a   Yang, Jingsui ^a   Arnaud, Nicolas ^d   Tapponnier, Paul ^c   Lacassin, Robin ^c   Chen, Songyong ^a   Qi, Xuexiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ductile shear zone; Karakorum Fault; Tibetan Plateau; Zircon SHRIMP U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547349191     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0164-6     Document Type: Article

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