The basin-range system along the south segment of the Karakorum fault zone, Tibet

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-134

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   Blisniuk, Peter ^b   Kempf, Oliver ^c   Fang, Xiaomin ^a   Chun, Fan ^a   Wang, Erchie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; GRABEN; MASS TRANSFER; NORMAL FAULT; OUTCROP; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38849177498     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.2.121     Document Type: Article

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