Orogen-parallel, active left-slip faults in the Eastern Himalaya: Implications for the growth mechanism of the Himalayan Arc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 258-267

  Li, Dewei ^a   Yin, An ^b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

active tectonics; arc expansion; Himalayan orogen; lateral extrusion; oroclinal bending

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ARC EXPANSION; HIMALAYAN OROGEN; LATERAL EXTRUSION; OROCLINAL BENDING;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; OROGENY; SLIP RATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 51249113413     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.043     Document Type: Article

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