Tectonic evolution of the Triassic fold belts of Tibet

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 180-189

  Roger, Françoise ^a   Jolivet, Marc ^a   Malavieille, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Geodynamic model; Indosinian orogeny; North Tibet; Subduction; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; FOLD BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; BAYAN HAR MOUNTAINS; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; QIANGTANG BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SONGPAN-GARZE FOLD BELT; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; XIZANG; YIDUN ARC;

EID: 39149097782     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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