Comparisons of the kinematics and deep structures of the Zagros and Himalaya and of the Iranian and Tibetan plateaus and geodynamic implications

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Hatzfeld, Denis ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EURASIAN PLATE; FAULTING; FOLDING; GEODYNAMICS; INDIAN PLATE; KINEMATICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; THRUST FAULT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ZAGROS;

EID: 77954616655     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009RG000304     Document Type: Article

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