40Ar/39Ar dating of the Jiali and Gaoligong shear zones: Implications for crustal deformation around the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 674-685

  Lin, Te Hsien ^a   Lo, Ching Hua ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Hsu, Fang Jui ^a   Yeh, Meng Wan ^b   Lee, Tung Yi ^b   Ji, Jian Qing ^c   Wang, Yi Zhau ^d   Liu, Dunyi ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Regional Geological Survey Party   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis; Shear zone; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DISPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GPS; MIOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AILAO MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GAOLIGONG MOUNTAINS; RED RIVER [ASIA]; XIZANG; YUNNAN;

EID: 58349109292     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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