Late Cenozoic evolution of the central Longmen Shan, eastern Tibet: Insight from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Godard, V ^a,b   Pik, R ^c   Lav, J ^c,d   Cattin, R ^a,e   Tibari, B ^c   De Sigoyer, J ^a   Pubellier, M ^a   Zhu, J ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^f CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GEODYNAMICS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THRUST;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 76149144355     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002407     Document Type: Article

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