Progression from south-directed extrusion to orogen-parallel extension in the Southern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau, mount everest region, Tibet

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 467-486

  Jessup, Micah J ^a   Cottle, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; EXTRUSION; FAULTING; FOOTWALL; LEUCOGRANITE; MIOCENE; OROGENY;

AMA DRIME MASSIF; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 77956030594     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655011     Document Type: Article

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