Structure and deformation around the Gyirong basin, north Himalaya, and onset of the south Tibetan detachment system

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1046-1058

  Yang, Xiong Ying ^a   Zhang, Jin Jiang ^a   Qi, Guo Wei ^a   Wang, De Chao ^a   Guo, Lei ^a   Li, Peng Yuan ^a   Liu, Jiang ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Deformation stage; Onset age; South Tibetan detachment system (STDS); Syn deformational granite; Zircon SHRIMP U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTROLLING STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION STAGE; GNEISS DOME; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; GREATER HIMALAYAN CRYSTALLINE COMPLEX; HIMALAYAN OROGEN; HIMALAYAS; LATE CENOZOIC; NORMAL FAULTS; ONSET AGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHEAR ZONE; SOUTH TIBETAN DETACHMENT SYSTEM (STDS); SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SPECIAL POSITIONS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; SYN-DEFORMATIONAL GRANITE; TIBETANS; TOPDOWN; U-PB DATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEAD ALLOYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

DEFORMATION;

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRANITE; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; NORMAL FAULT; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHRIMP DATING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GYIRONG BASIN; XIZANG;

EID: 68949191166     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0111-2     Document Type: Article

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