Out-of-sequence deformation and expansion of the Himalayan orogenic wedge: Insight from the Changgo culmination, south central Tibet

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Larson, Kyle P ^a,b   Godin, Laurent ^a   Davis, William J ^c   Davis, Don W ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LEVEES; MICA; TECTONICS;

COOLING AGE; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; LEUCOGRANITES; MAIN BOUNDARY THRUSTS; MAIN CENTRAL THRUSTS; OROGENIC WEDGE; SHEAR COMPONENTS; SHEAR ZONE; TIBETANS;

GRANITE;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; DOME; EXHUMATION; EXPANSION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LEUCOGRANITE; MUSCOVITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC WEDGE;

CHINA; XIZANG; CHANGGO; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 77955220261     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008TC002393     Document Type: Article

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