Structural insights into the early stages of exhumation along an orogen-scale detachment: The South Tibetan Detachment System, Dzakaa Chu section, Eastern Himalaya

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1781-1797

  Cottle, John M ^a   Jessup, Micah J ^b   Newell, Dennis L ^c   Searle, Michael P ^a   Law, Richard D ^d   Horstwood, Matthew S A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Himalaya; Shear zone; South Tibetan Detachment system; U Th Pb Geochronology

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT SYSTEM; DUCTILE SHEAR; EXHUMATION; SHEAR ZONE;

EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 35748983805     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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