Geologic offsets across the northern Karakorum fault: Implications for its role and terrane correlations in the western Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Robinson, Alexander C ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Karakorum; offset; strike slip; terrane; Tibet

Indexed keywords

KARAKORUM; OFFSET; STRIKE-SLIP; TERRANE; TIBET;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; DISPLACEMENT; EXTRUSION; FAULTING; JURASSIC; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KARAKORAM FAULT ZONE; PAMIRS; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG;

EID: 60249101030     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.039     Document Type: Article

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