Middle crustal ductile deformation patterns in southern Tibet: Insights from vorticity studies in Mabja Dome

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-85

  Langille, Jackie ^a   Lee, Jeffrey ^a   Hacker, Bradley ^b   Seward, Gareth ^b  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Himalaya; Mabja Dome; Microstructures; Middle crust; Tibet; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ROCKS; DEFORMATION TEMPERATURES; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; EARLY MIOCENE; HIMALAYA; HIMALAYAS; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; KINEMATIC VORTICITY; MABJA DOME; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; OLIGOCENE; ORTHOGNEISSES; PURE SHEAR; SHEAR ZONE; SOUTHERN TIBET; TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION; DOMES; GARNETS; KINEMATICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VORTICITY;

ROCKS;

CHANNEL FLOW; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DOME; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; OUTCROP; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VORTICITY;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 73449102473     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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